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DIVISION 2. PROPERTY 654-1422›PART 2. REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY 755.-945.5›TITLE 2. ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY 761-817.4›CHAPTER 1. Estates in General 761-784

§ 780

California Civil Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

When a remainder on an estate for life or for years is not limited on a contingency defeating or avoiding such precedent estate, it is to be deemed intended to take effect only on the death of the first taker, or the expiration, by lapse of time, of such term of years.

(Enacted 1872.)

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