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Limited Fee

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A general term, opposed to fee simple, and covering all qualified or conditional estates of inheritance in lands. It includes base fees, conditional fees, and fees tail. 2 Bl. Comm. 109.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Either a base fee or a conditional fee. See 11 Wend. (N. Y.) 259. See Base fee; Conditional fee.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An estate of inheritance in lands, which is clogged or confined with some sort of condition or qualification. Such estates are base or qualified fees, conditional fees, and fees-taii. The term is-'opposed to "fee-simple." 2 Bl. Comm. 109; Lott v. Wyckoff, 1 Barb. (N. Y.) 575; Paterson v. Ellis, 11 Wend. (N. Y.) 259

Defined under Fee in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

An estate of inheritance in lands, which is clogged or confined with some sort of condition or qualification. Such estates are base or qualified fees, conditional fees, and fees-tadi. The term is opposed to “fee-simple.” 2 Bi. Comm. 109.