{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-184a-7","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184A, § 7","heading":"Fee simple determinable in land or fee simple subject to right of entry for condition broken; term","body":"Section 7. A fee simple determinable in land or a fee simple in land subject to a right of entry for condition broken shall become a fee simple absolute if the specified contingency does not occur within thirty years from the date when such fee simple determinable or such fee simple subject to a right of entry becomes possessory. If such contingency occurs within said thirty years the succeeding interest, which may be an interest in a person other than the person creating the interest or his heirs, shall become possessory or the right of entry exercisable notwithstanding the rule against perpetuities.","path":["Part II","Title I","Chapter 184A"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter184A/Section7","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:24Z","sha256":"3087ea5db02772307bd3c9faee72e2dc0ac593f123ee3647a00a8683c92bea62","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-184a-6","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-184a-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}