Present or future and vested or contingent interests conveyed by deed or will

1. Law
2. District of Columbia Code
3. Real Property
4. Conveyable Estates and Methods of Conveyance
5. Present or future and vested or contingent interests conveyed by deed or will

Any interest in or claim to real estate whether entitling to present or future possession and enjoyment, and whether vested or contingent, may be disposed of by deed or will, and any estate which would be good as an executory devise may be created by deed.

(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1269, ch. 854, § 512; June 30, 1902, 32 Stat. 532, ch. 1329.)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 45-301.

1973 Ed., § 45-101.

Cross References

Statute of frauds, see §§ 28-3501 and 28-3503.

Editor's Notes

Severance of joint tenancies: This section and § 42-305 do not supersede the common law rule authorizing the unilateral severance of joint tenancies. Estate of Gulledge, App. D.C., 673 A.2d 1278 (1996).

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