Condition subsequent
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1891)
Definitions from Case Law
From 83 U.S. 203 - Davis v. Gray · 1872Most cited · 501 citing opinions
a condition subsequent, operating by way of defeasance. Conditions subsequent are not favored in the law, and when they are sought to be enforced in an action, at law, there must have been a re-entry, or something equivalent to it, or the suit must fail.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A condition subsequent is one referring to afuture event, tipon the happening of whieh the obligation becomes no longer binding upon the other party, if he chooses to avail himself of the condition. Civil Code Cal, § 1438. A condition annexed to an estate already vested, by the periormance of which such estate is kept and continued, and by the fail. ure or noo-periormance of whichit is defeated. Co. Litt. 201; 2 Bl. Comm. 154.