Possibility in United States
Possibility Definition
An uncertain thing which may happen. Lilly, Reg. An expectancy which is not founded on any limitation, provision, or trust, such, as the expectancy of an heir apparent, who may be disinherited by will, or may not survive the ancestor.
(1) A bare possibility is one that is not coupled with an interest, as that a son may inherit the lands of his father, who is living.
(2) A possibility coupled with an interest is where the person who is to take an estate upon the happening of a contingency is ascertained and fixed.
(3) A near or common possibility is such as death or death without issue.
(4) A remote possibility is such as a remainder to the heirs of a person not in being. 4 Kent, Comm. 206, 262.
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An uncertain thing which may happen. Lilly, Reg. An expectancy which is not founded on any limitation, provision, or trust, such, as the expectancy of an heir apparent, who may be disinherited by will, or may not survive the ancestor.
(1) A bare possibility is one that is not coupled with an interest, as that a son may inherit the lands of his father, who is living.
(2) A possibility coupled with an interest is where the person who is to take an estate upon the happening of a contingency is ascertained and fixed.
(3) A near or common possibility is such as death or death without issue.
(4) A remote possibility is such as a remainder to the heirs of a person not in being. 4 Kent, Comm. 206, 262.
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This definition of Possibility is based on The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary. This entry needs to be proofread.
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