Collateral Limitation
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A limitation in the conveyance of an estate, giving an interest for a specified period, but making the right of enjoyment depend upon some collateral event, as, an estate to A. till B. shall go to Rome. Park, Dower, 163; 4 Kent, Comm. 128; 1 Washb. Real Prop. 215.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A limitation in the conveyance of an estate, giving an interest for a specified period, but making the right of enjoyment depend upon some collateral event; as an estate to A till B shall go to Rome. Park, Dow. 163; 4 Kent 128; 1 Washb. R. P. 215.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
One which gives an interest in an estate for a specified period, but makes the right of enjoyment to depend on some collateral event, as an estate to A. till B. shall go to Rome. Templeman v. Gibbs, 86 Tex. 358, 24 S. W. 792 ; 4 Kent, Comm. 128.
Defined under Limitation in Black's Law Dictionary.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In the law of estates. A limitation of an estate which gives an interest for a specified period, but makes the right of enjoyment to depend on some collateral event; as a limitation of an estate to a man and his heirs, tenants of the manor of Dale, or to a woman during widowhood, &c. 4 Kent's Com. 128.