{"id":386,"date":"2018-10-13T19:41:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-13T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/joseph-singer\/?p=386"},"modified":"2023-12-15T21:57:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T21:57:33","slug":"possibility-of-reverter-or-right-of-entry-cut-off-after-30-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/joseph-singer\/2018\/10\/13\/possibility-of-reverter-or-right-of-entry-cut-off-after-30-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Possibility of reverter or right of entry cut off after 30 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Massachusetts law\u00a0sets a thirty year limit to possibilities of reverter following a fee simple determinable or rights of entry following a free simple subject to condition subsequent.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Laws\/GeneralLaws\/PartII\/TitleI\/Chapter184A\/Section7\" target=\"_blank\">Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184A, \u00a77.<\/a>\u00a0This contrasts with the 90 year limit for executory interests. Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, \u00a7 2-901. The 30 year limitation was recently applied in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/masscases.com\/cases\/land\/2018\/2018-17-000332-MEMO%20&amp;%20ORDER.html\">Town of Winchendon v. Brandywine Farms, Inc.,<\/a>2018 Mass. LCR LEXIS 91, 2018 WL 2297177, 26 Land Ct. Reporter 253 (Mass. Land Ct. 2018).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/joseph-singer\/category\/estates-and-future-interests\/\" rel=\"tag\">Estates and Future Interests<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/joseph-singer\/category\/real-estate-transactions\/\" rel=\"tag\">Real Estate Transactions<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/joseph-singer\/category\/restraints-on-alienation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Restraints on Alienation<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.law.harvard.edu\/joseph-singer\/category\/title-issues\/\" rel=\"tag\">Title Issues<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massachusetts law\u00a0sets a thirty year limit to possibilities of reverter following a fee simple determinable or rights of entry following a free simple subject to condition subsequent.\u00a0Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184A, \u00a77.\u00a0This contrasts with the 90 year limit for executory interests. Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, \u00a7 2-901. The 30 year limitation was recently applied in\u00a0Town of Winchendon v. Brandywine Farms, Inc.,2018 Mass. LCR LEXIS 91, 2018 WL 2297177, 26 Land Ct. Reporter 253 (Mass. 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