A Wikipedia article on the rule against perpetuities, its origin in the Duke of Norfolk's Case (1682), the life-in-being-plus-twenty-one-years formulation, and modern reform and abolition in various jurisdictions.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_against_perpetuities
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