A future estate is vested when there is a person in being who would have an immediate right to the possession of the land upon the expiration of the intermediate or precedent estate, or upon the arrival of a certain period or event when it is to commence in possession. It is contingent when the person to whom or the event upon which it is limited to take effect in possession or become a vested estate is uncertain.
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1351, ch. 854, § 1022.)
1981 Ed., § 45-212.
1973 Ed., § 45-812.
Structure District of Columbia Code
§ 42–502. Fee simple estates — Estates tail abolished
§ 42–503. Fee simple estates — Absolute or qualified
§ 42–504. Freeholds; chattels real; chattel interests; conditions precedent or subsequent
§ 42–505. Estates pur autre vie; when deemed freehold and when chattel real
§ 42–506. Estates classified; possession; expectancy
§ 42–507. Estate in possession
§ 42–508. Estate in expectancy
§ 42–510. Future estates — Commencement
§ 42–511. Future estates — Remainder and conditional limitation
§ 42–512. Future estates — Vested and contingent
§ 42–513. Future estates — Alternative
§ 42–514. Expectant estates — No defeat or bar unless provided for at creation
§ 42–515. Expectant estates — Descendible, devisable, and alienable
§ 42–516. Tenancies in common, tenancies by the entireties, and joint tenancies
§ 42–517. Coparcenary estates abolished
§ 42–519. Estates from year to year
§ 42–520. Estates by sufferance
§ 42–521. Estates from month to month or from quarter to quarter