Statutes > Georgia Statutes > TITLE 53 - WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES > CHAPTER 2 - DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION > ARTICLE 5 - LEGACIES AND DEVISES > § 53-2-98 - (Pre-1998 Probate Code) "Executory devise" defined

§ 53-2-98 - (Pre-1998 Probate Code) "Executory devise" defined

O.C.G.A. 53-2-98 (2010)
53-2-98. (Pre-1998 Probate Code) "Executory devise" defined


An executory devise is a limitation of a future estate in lands or chattels which the law admits in case of a will, though contrary to the rules of limitation in conveyances at common law.