Origin Norman period, medieval England (feudal era)
In English law and the common law systems descended from it, a fee simple is one of the estates in land, a vested, heritable, present possessory interest in land held without being subject to a fixed term of years, making it a form of freehold ownership. A fee simple absolute, free of conditions, is the highest form of private land ownership available short of allodial title, though it can still be limited externally by government taxation, compulsory purchase, police power, and escheat. A fee simple conditional restricts the land to a particular use, such as a public park, with the land reverting to the original grantor if the condition is violated. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Origin PeriodNorman period, medieval England (feudal era) 1 Core PrincipleLand held indefinitely, not subject to a term of years, constituting a form of freehold ownership 1 Origin Period
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Common law section
From the start of the Norman period, when feudalism was introduced to England
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A "fee simple" is land held without being subject to a term of years (i.e., indefinitely), and thus a form of freehold ownership.
- In Group: Estate in Land, lead paragraph defines the estate
In Legal System: English Law, Wikipedia lead paragraph
In English law, a fee simple (pl. fees simple) is one of the
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one of the estates in land recognised at common law... a form of freehold ownershipView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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