Vested estate

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One which there is a person in being who will take if the precedent estate terminates. See 43 N. Y. (4 Keyes) 569, 4 Abb. Dec. 218.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A vested estate, whether present or future, may be absolutely or defeasibly vested. L’Etourneau v. Henquenet, 89 Mich. 428, 50 N. W. 1077, 28 Am. St. Rep. 310.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Any estate, property, or interest is called "vested," whether in possession or not, which is not subject to any condition precedent and unperformed. The interest may be either a present and immediate interest, or it may be a future but uncontingent, and therefore transmissible, interest. Brown. See Tayloe v. Gould, 10 Barb. (N. Y.) 388 ; Flanner v. Fellows, 206 III. 136, 68 N. E. 1057; Tindall v. Tindall, 167 Mo. 218, 66 S. W. 1092 ; Ward v. Edge, 100 Ky. 757, 39 S. W. 440,

Defined under Vested in Black's Law Dictionary.