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Definition of In perpetuity
1. Adverb. For life. "An annuity paid in perpetuity"
2. Adverb. For an indefinitely long time. "Bequeathed to the nation in perpetuity"
Definition of In perpetuity
1. Adverb. For an indefinitely long time; "bequeathed to the nation in perpetuity" ¹
2. Adverb. For life; "desire happiness in perpetuity"; "an annuity paid in perpetuity" ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Perpetuity
Literary usage of In perpetuity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone (1876)
"142; and that not merely a life interest therein, but the fee, although no words
of limitation in perpetuity are added'. Roe r. Right, 7 East, 268; Right r. ..."
2. Annual Report (1907)
"Harriet Ford Herrick, in perpetuity, in memory of her parents, ... Katherine Du
Bois and William A. Du Bois, in perpetuity, in memory of their mother 5000 ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... 13th article of the Constitution, in connection with the legislation of the
state under them, prevent an estate in perpetuity from being made in Ohio. ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Perpetuity: Or, Remoteness in Limitations by William David Lewis (1843)
"... the proceedings assumed the validity of settlements of advowsons in perpetuity,
and related solely to the practical carry- ng out of them, ..."
5. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"Duration of Franchise; Eights in Perpetuity. — When the statute or ordinance
granting the franchise does not attach ..."
6. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"... a certain extent of territory, yielded up in perpetuity to the Company by
Nizam, in lieu of a monthly subsidy which had been previously exacted from him ..."
7. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted: To by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"Cp, " Lease in Perpetuity, " sub LEASE : RENEWAL. PERPETUITY The Eule against
Perpetuities requires that ... Lease in Perpetuity " ; V. LEASE : RENEWAL. ..."
8. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone (1876)
"142; and that not merely a life interest therein, but the fee, although no words
of limitation in perpetuity are added'. Roe r. Right, 7 East, 268; Right r. ..."
9. Annual Report (1907)
"Harriet Ford Herrick, in perpetuity, in memory of her parents, ... Katherine Du
Bois and William A. Du Bois, in perpetuity, in memory of their mother 5000 ..."
10. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... 13th article of the Constitution, in connection with the legislation of the
state under them, prevent an estate in perpetuity from being made in Ohio. ..."
11. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Perpetuity: Or, Remoteness in Limitations by William David Lewis (1843)
"... the proceedings assumed the validity of settlements of advowsons in perpetuity,
and related solely to the practical carry- ng out of them, ..."
12. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"Duration of Franchise; Eights in Perpetuity. — When the statute or ordinance
granting the franchise does not attach ..."
13. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"... a certain extent of territory, yielded up in perpetuity to the Company by
Nizam, in lieu of a monthly subsidy which had been previously exacted from him ..."
14. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted: To by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"Cp, " Lease in Perpetuity, " sub LEASE : RENEWAL. PERPETUITY The Eule against
Perpetuities requires that ... Lease in Perpetuity " ; V. LEASE : RENEWAL. ..."
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