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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In conveyancing, the word "over" prior estate. Thus, in what is commonly called the "name and arms clause" in a will or settlement, there is generally a proviso that, if the devisee fails to comply with the condition, the estate is to go to some one else. This is a limitation or gift over.

Watson, Comp. Eq. 1110.