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California Civil Code

§ 780

CIV § 780Div. 2 · Title 2 · Part 2 · Ch. 1
When a remainder on an estate for life or for years is not limited on a contingency defeating or avoiding such precedent estate, it is to be deemed intended to take effect only on the death of the first taker, or the expiration, by lapse of time, of such term of years.

Legislative history

Enacted 1872.

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