presently ascertainable
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 335 U.S. 595 - Henslee v. Union Planters National Bank & Trust Co. · 1949Most cited · 853 citing opinions
Rough guesses, approximations, or even the relatively accurate valuations on which the market place might be willing to act are not sufficient. The test of present ascertainability of the ultimate charitable interest is applied 'at the death of the testator.
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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “presently ascertainable” — 847 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.