The term “heirs,” or other words of inheritance, are not requisite to create or convey an estate in fee.
Code 1858, § 2006 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 33); Shan., § 3672; Code 1932, § 7597; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-101.
Cross-References. Forms of conveyances, §66-5-103.
Limitation of real actions, title 28, ch. 2.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 9 Tenn. Juris., Deeds, §§ 24, 27; 11 Tenn. Juris., Estates, § 4; 25 Tenn. Juris., Wills, § 132.
Law Reviews.
Bringing Tennessee into the Twentieth Century Re Possibilities of Reverter, Powers of Termination and Executory Interests When Used as Land Control Devices (Nicholas L. White), 15 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 555 (1985).
Complexity in Property, 81 Tenn. L. Rev. 79 (2013).
Property: A Bundle of Sticks or a Tree?, 66 Vand. L. Rev. 869 (2013).
Retelling Allotment: Indian Property Rights and the Myth of Common Ownership, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1559 (2001).