D.C. Code § 42-502

Fee simple estates — Estates tail abolished

Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1350, ch. 854, § 1012

All estates of inheritance, including such as were formerly estates tail, shall be adjudged estates in fee simple.

Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.