condition precedent / condition subsequent
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 72 U.S. 433 - Nichols v. Levy · 1866Most cited · 43 citing opinions
trust creditor protection
A condition precedent that the provision shall not vest until his debts are paid, and a condition subsequent that it shall be divested and forfeited by his insolvency, with a limitation over to another person, are valid, and the law will give them full effect. Beyond this, protection from the claims of creditors is not allowed to go.
How often courts cite the case defining “condition precedent / condition subsequent”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “condition precedent / condition subsequent” — 43 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.