[References are to sections. The letter n after a section number directs attention
to the footnotes of that section.]

CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES: (for construction of particular
acts see STATUTES.)

rule that when a statute from another jurisdiction is enacted
here, decisions of the foreign jurisdiction construing it, are
followed

.....

will not be given retroactive effect, when.

.147 n., 287 n.

CONTINGENT GIFTS OTHER THAN REMAINDERS:
VESTED INTERESTS.)

CONTINGENT REMAINDERS:

contingent on surviving life tenant....

.8, 9, 9a, 26

(see

effect on construction of, of holding shifting interests by deed
void .....

72

....96-99, 221 n.

cannot be limited after a term for years.........70, 88, 146, 158b
restrictions upon the creation of, by way of use..

146

fact that they are destructible when limited to tenants in
common does not prevent implication of cross remainders.. 195
destructibility of:

by act of the parties..

by operation of law...

· whether destructible or not...

not destructible when equitable....

when indestructible contingent remainders are executory
interests

......

effect of, on application of rule against perpetuities......

68

68
.81-92a

.84, 87 n., 271 n.

162

.....91 n., 205, 257, 271, 272
.70, 96-99, 113, 139, 271, 272
.87 n.

remainder in fee after a contingent remainder in fee was al-
ways a contingent remainder.....

...105 n.

how far is statutory remainder raised upon the creation of an
estate tail contingent.

status of, under the feudal system of conveyancing.78, 81, 128, 145
in a gift over on failure of issue.....

199

on an indefinite failure of issue, if destructible, may not be too
remote

205

partition by holder of....

.93 n.

whether subject to the rule against perpetuities... .91 n., 257
argument that it is not even a "right"..

78

[References are to sections. The letter n after a section number directs attention
to the footnotes of that section.]

CONTINGENT REMAINDERS-Continued.

holder of, bound by decree by representation..
transfer of:

why none at common law....

present tendency of the law.

by descent

78

.93 n

180

107

72, 101
73

argument that a contingent remainder is not
even a "right"

... 78

......

rescission of, for support in a deed of conveyance
creation of future interests in chattels personal by.
subject to rule against perpetuities....

CONVERSION:

of personal property subject to future interests....
equitable

79

80

93

.69, 94-113

.107, 255

255

27

186

.259-260

192-193
208

CONVEYANCES:

(see CONSTRUCTION, DEEDS, TRANSFER, USES,

WILLS.)

effect of statutory form of, to create springing and shifting
future interests

.151, 152

to the grantor.....

.158a

construction of whether they take effect under the statute of
uses or at common law......

172

of executory devises-in equity, must show an intent to trans-
fer the future interest.....

181

CONVEYANCING, SYSTEM OF: (see FEUDAL SYSTEM, USES.)
the feudal or common law...

.145, 158a

[References are to sections. The letter n after a section number directs attention
to the footnotes of that section.]

CONVEYANCING, SYSTEM OF-Continued.

on dissolution of charitable, do lands escheat or go to the donor 126
foreign, exercise of power by......

236

of renewal of lease-whether void for remoteness..

260

to stand seized:

a mode of transferring title.....

146

no attornment required.

what amounts to...

to persons not in esse.

CREDITOR: (see RESTRAINTS ON ALIENATION.)

power of to reach appointed property...

CROSS LIMITATIONS:

..... 247

when it binds contingent remainderman by representation....93 n.

deed of abutting property passes fee to center of the way.3, 7

by canal commissioners or trustees, effect of to pass fee...... 12

DEEDS OF CONVEYANCE:

.150, 161

effect of consideration recited in.....
whether they take effect at common law, or under the statute
of uses, or by modern statute.
construction of, when conveying land abutting on a highway...3, 7

.149, 150, 151, 172

[References are to sections. The letter n after a section number directs attention
to the footnotes of that section.]

DEEDS OF CONVEYANCE-Continued.

good to limit an estate to the grantor....

creation of shifting interests by.

(see SHIFTING INTERESTS.)

....158a

.136, 137-156, 173

limiting an estate to commence at the grantor's death....158, 159
creation by, of future interests in chattels real and personal.. 186
effect of gift on failure of issue in......

form of, in use in Illinois...

forfeiture on alienation by.

recording of

transfer by:

...

of executory devise......

of possibility of reverter..

....

199

150

.168, 168a

153

.. 180

.125 n.

3

of dedicator's right in a way dedicated by statute...
(see also TRANSFER, REMAINDERS, CONTINGENT REMAINDER,
REVERSIONS.)

233 n.

118

....

statute on, governs amount when heirs take.
rule for, at common law, of an estate tail....
who take the statutory remainder in place of the estate tail.. 118
when heir takes by, though ancestor make a will devising to
him

.....

DETERMINABLE FEE: (see FEE SIMPLE, POSSIBILITIES OF
REVERTER.)

172

interest preceding a conditional limitation is not a..... ..... 125

[References are to sections. The letter n after a section number directs attention
to the footnotes of that section.]

"DIE WITHOUT ISSUE": (see ISSUE, GIFTS ON FAILURE OF.)

DISCLAIMER:

oral, by tenant for years.

DISSOLUTION OF CHARITABLE CORPORATION:

do lands escheat upon....

DISTRIBUTION: (see CLASSES, DETERMINATION OF.)

period of, when present absolute equitable interest is to a class
with a postponed enjoyment.....

DIVESTING OF INTERESTS:

21

126

....

.230, 263
.223 note

if a child of the donee in tail takes a vested interest as soon
as born, is it subject to be divested if the child die before
the death of the donee...

DIVORCE:

117

conditions to induce husband or wife to get, or to live apart. 278, 280

DOWER:

whether any in a fee subject to a conditional limitation, as
against the future interest.

DUMPOR'S CASE, RULE IN:

EJECTMENT:

when may mortgagee maintain.....

.158b, 178

63

15

whether bringing, is proper mode of declaring a forfeiture.... 30a
as a remedy in case of forfeiture duly perfected......
judgment in, must it describe remainder as vested or contin-

gent
ELECTION:

41

.....

..93 n.

necessary at common law to perfect forfeiture of a term for

years

ENROLLMENTS, STATUTE OF: (see STATUTES.)
does it apply in the United States generally....

62

150

not necessary to the termination of a possibility of reverter.. 124
how far necessary to perfect a forfeiture..... .....2a, 30a, 62

to perfect a forfeiture may be dispensed with by agreement.. 40
how far suitable as a remedy to enforce a forfeiture duly per-
fected

what entry is peaceable and what forcible....

peaceable, when complete so that one entering may defend the

use of force against the one put out....
bargain and sale of a term without.