Restraint on alienation
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 233 U.S. 528 - Bowling & Miami Investment Co. v. United States · 1914Most cited · 67 citing opinions
It bound the land for the time stated, whether in the hands of the allottee or of his heirs. ... it is no longer open to question that the United States has capacity to sue for the purpose of setting aside conveyances of lands allotted to Indians under its care, where restrictions upon alienation have been transgressed. ... the authority to enforce restrictions of this character is the necessary complement of the power to impose them.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A provision in a settlement to the special use of a married woman without power of alienation, which is valid as an exception to the general rule against any restraint on alienation. It Is in force only during marriage; Snell, Eq. 290; 11 Ch. D. 645. A restriction, by way of devise over, against all alienation during a limited time upon an estate in fee, is void; Potter v. Couch, 141 U. S. 296, 11 Sup. Ct. 1005, 35 L. Ed. 721. See Perpetuity; Spendthrift Trust; Married Woman.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
where property is given to a married woman to her separate use, without power of alienation.
Defined under Restraint in Black's Law Dictionary.
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