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Tombstone

Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A gift or bequest to keep perpetually, a tombstone in repair offends against a rule as to perpetuities and is void, but such a condition to that effect attached to a bequest to a charity in case of failure to comply with condition is good. L. R. 3 Ch. 252. See Monument; Hearsay.