...depends upon the concurrence of collateral circumstances. An early example given by Blackstone 10 is the case of a grant "to A and his heirs, tenants of the manor of Dale." Common modern examples are: "To A and his heirs so long as the property is used for the conducting...

...condition or qualification. A qualified fee is such a one as, having a qualification subjoined thereto, of the estate of an intestate, are required to resort. (Lord Chancellor "Westbury being tenants of the manor of Dale ; here, whenever the heirs of A. cease to be tenants of that manor,...

...Roberts v. Abbott, 192 P. 345. ESTATES — (I11.) A "base or determinable fee" is such a fee as has a qualification subjoined thereto and which must be...whenever the qualification annexed to it is at an end, being a fee for the reason that it may last forever if the contingency does not happen, but debased...

...chaplain of the hospital had in Stella's legacy would, in the case of land, be a base or qualified fee, as — " in the case of a grant to A . and his heirs, tenants of the manor of Dale. This estate is a fee, because by possibility it may endure for ever ; yet, as that duration depends...

...act or event expressed in the deed. A base or qualified fee is one with a qualification added to it which must be determined whenever the qualification annexed to it is at an end.61 This estate is a fee because it may endure forever in a man and his heirs, yet as that duration...