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Definition of Fee simple
1. Noun. A fee without limitation to any class of heirs; they can sell it or give it away.
Definition of Fee simple
1. Noun. The private ownership of property (real estate) in which the owner has the right to control, use and transfer the property at will. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fee Simple
Literary usage of Fee simple
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"The former are again divided into inheritances absolute or fee simple; and
inheritances ... 4 Tenant in fee simple.—fee simple is an estate of perpetuity, ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"In action for partition, answer denying each and every allegation of the complaint
not specifically admitted and alleging possession as owner in fee simple, ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"... the benefit of the statutory covenant of seisin under the laws of New Mexico.
his heirs and assigns, in fee simple, certain real estate," describing it, ..."
4. A Treatise on Wills by Thomas Jarman, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1881)
"In Arkansa* such words are not necessary to pass a fee simple by deed (1874, Dig.
... In Delaware a devise without words of limitation passes a fee simple ..."
5. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books ; with an Analysis of the by Sir William Blackstone, John Eykyn Hovenden, Archer Ryland (1836)
"The former are again divided into inheritances absolute or fee-simple (5); ...
[Lord Coke tells us (in 1 Inst. 1 b) that a man may have a fee simple in ..."
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