Words of limitation

Words of Limitation definition:
Words in a conveyance or in a will which set the duration of an estate.

Words of Limitation:
Words in a conveyance or in a will which set the duration of an estate.
Words of Purchase:
Words which specifically name the person to whom land is being conveyed.

For a fee simple estate to be conveyed in a will, the proper words of limitation must be used: either "To X in fee simple" or "To X and his heirs".
Fee tail: Form of tenure that can only be transferred to a lineal descendant.

estates may be created by express words; as, if A conveys land to B, for the term of his natural life; or they may arise by construction of law, as, if A conveys land to B, without specifying the term or duration, and without words of limitation.

Where two or more hold the same land, with interests accruing under different titles, or accruing under the same title, but at different periods, or conferred by words of limitation importing that the grantees are to take in distinct shares.

latter branch of the definition; whenever a confirmation operates by way of increasing the estate, it is similar in every respect to a release that operates by way of enlargement, for there must be privity of estate and proper words of limitation.

See also: Wrong, Wrongful dismissal, Writ, Wrongful death, Young person