Ownership and estates
Life estate pur autre vie
A life estate measured by the life of someone other than the holder
French for "for another’s life". The holder’s interest ends when the named third person dies, not when the holder does — so unusually for a life estate, this one can pass to the holder’s heirs and continue until the measuring life ends.
How the exam asks about it
Tested precisely because it breaks the rule that a life estate cannot be inherited. Read carefully for whose life is measuring the estate.
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