{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-502","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 42-502","heading":"Fee simple estates — Estates tail abolished.","body":"All estates of inheritance, including such as were formerly estates tail, shall be adjudged estates in fee simple.","path":["Title 42. Real Property.","Chapter 5. Estates in Land."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-502","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"b73b5e6dbb1ad597c046f5158bac716ce6097544c1d8c102941b1c4204d4ad5f","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-501","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}