perpetuities

Things lasting forever

Perpetuities is the plural of perpetuity, which means something lasting forever or an indefinitely long time.

In law, perpetuities refers to arrangements that tie up property or assets indefinitely: The rule against perpetuities limits how long a trust can control inheritance.

The phrase in perpetuity means forever: The land was granted to the family in perpetuity.

legal

trusts

Believes in reliability

remoteness · settlor · grantor · testamentary · inheritance · bequest · remainders · reversions · contingent · entail

finance

annuities

Periodic fixed payments

dividends · income · yield · interest · capital · securities · coupon · principal · present value · discount rate

temporal

eternal

Lasting without end

timeless · forever · unending · permanent · ceaseless · interminable · ageless · undying · immortal · perennial

Opposites
temporal duration

perpetuitiesends

Termini or concludes

expirations · terminations · term limits · temporariness · transience

legal certainty of termination

perpetuitiesvested interests

Those with something to lose

reversions · remainders · tenancies

Family

perpetual, perpetuate, perpetually, perpetuity, perpetuation, perpetuating, perpetuated, perpetuates, perpetuators

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