{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-504","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 42-504","heading":"Freeholds; chattels real; chattel interests; conditions precedent or subsequent.","body":"Estates of inheritance and estates for life shall continue to be denominated freeholds, and estates for years shall be chattels real; estates at will or by sufferance shall be chattel interests, but shall not be liable, as such, to sale under execution; and all estates may be subject to conditions precedent or subsequent.","path":["Title 42. Real Property.","Chapter 5. Estates in Land."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-504","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"890a13522d17444c2b64b7e7d65bd6a8407fbe28f0610fbca4e3f63e0717ddba","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-503","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}