See also:

• PERPETUITY (Lat. perpetuus, continuous)

PERPETUITY (See also:

• LAT

Lat. perpetuus, continuous)  , the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of being perpetual or continuing for an indefinite See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time; in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law the tying-up of an See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate for a lengthened See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, for the purpose of preventing or restricting See also:

• ALIENATION (from Lat. alienus, belonging to another)

alienation . As being opposed to the See also:

• INTEREST

interest of the state and individual effort, the creation of perpetuities has been considerably curtailed, and the See also:

• RULE

rule against perpetuities in the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom now forbids the making of an executory interest unless beginning within the period of any fixed number of existing lives and an additional period of twenty-one years (with a few months added, if necessary, for the period of gestation) . The rule applies to dispositions of See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• PROPERTY

property (see See also:

• ACCUMULATION (from Lat. accumulare, to heap up)

ACCUMULATION) as well as of real property . There are certain exceptions to the rule, as in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of limitations in See also:

• MORTMAIN (0. Fr. mortemain; med. Lat. mortua manus, dead hand)

mortmain and to charitable uses, and also in the case of a See also:

• PERPETUITY (Lat. perpetuus, continuous)

perpetuity created by See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament (e.g. the estate of See also:

• BLENHEIM (Ger. Blindheim)

Blenheim, settled on the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• MARLBOROUGH
• MARLBOROUGH, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• MARLBOROUGH, JOHN CHURCHILL, 1ST DUKE OF (1650-1722)

Marlborough, and Strathfieldsaye on the duke of See also:

• WELLINGTON
• WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF (1769-1852)

Wellington) . In the United States the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• COMMON

common-law rule against perpetuities obtains in many of the states; in others it has been replaced or reinforced by statutory rules (see See also:

• GRAY
• GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
• GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
• GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
• GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
• GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
• GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
• GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
• GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
• GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
• GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
• GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
• GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)

Gray on Alienation, § 42) . Charities may be established in perpetuity, and See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision may be made for an accumulation of the funds for a reasonable time, e.g. for Too years (Woodruff v . See also:

• MARSH (O. F. mersc, for merisc, a place full of "meres" or pools; cf. Ger. Meer, sea, Lat. mare)
• MARSH, ADAM (ADAM DE MARISCO) (d. c. 1258)
• MARSH, GEORGE PERKINS (1801-1882)
• MARSH, HERBERT (1757–1839)
• MARSH, NARCISSUS (1638-1713)
• MARSH, OTHNIEL CHARLES (1831-1899)

Marsh, 63 See also:

• CONN
• CONN, LOUGH

Conn . See also:

• REP, REPP, or REPS

Rep . 125; 38 Amer . St . Rep . 346) .

The See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general tendency of See also:

• AMERICAN

American legislation is to favour tying up estates to a greater extent than was formerly approved .