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Alabama · Through Act 2026-611

Ala. Code § 35-4-231: Character of Estate Pur Autre Vie.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 35 Property.
  2. Chapter 4 Conveyances and Creation of Estates.
  3. Article 9 Rule in Shelley’s Case.

An estate during the life of a third person, whether limited to his heirs or otherwise, is a freehold only during the life of the grantee or devisee; but after his death it is a chattel real.

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