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[Middle English, fief, from Old French fé<\/i> fief<\/i>, ultimately from a Germanic word akin to Old High German fehu<\/i> cattle]
1<\/b> :<\/b> an inheritable freehold estate in real property
;esp<\/i>
:<\/b> fee simple <\/a> compare leasehold<\/a> life estate<\/i> at estate<\/a> <\/p>\n

absolute fee<\/b>
:<\/b> a fee granted with no restrictions or limitations on alienability
:<\/b> fee simple absolute <\/a> at fee simple <\/a> <\/p>\n

conditional fee<\/b>
:<\/b> a fee that is subject to a condition: as
a<\/b> :<\/b> fee simple conditional <\/a> at fee simple <\/a>
b<\/b> :<\/b> fee simple on condition subsequent <\/a> at fee simple <\/a> <\/p>\n

defeasible fee<\/b>
:<\/b> a fee that is subject to terminating or being terminated <\/p>\n

determinable fee<\/b>
:<\/b> a defeasible fee that terminates automatically upon the occurrence of a specified event
:<\/b> fee simple determinable <\/a> at fee simple <\/a> <\/p>\n

fee patent<\/b>
:<\/b> a fee simple absolute that is granted by a patent from the U.S. government
;also<\/i>
:<\/b> a patent that grants a fee simple absolute [the land shall have the same status as though such fee patent<\/i> had never been issued “U.S. Code<\/i>“] NOTE: Allotments of parcels of land in reservations are held in private ownership by fee patents. <\/i> <\/p>\n

fee tail<\/b>
:<\/b> a fee which is granted to an individual and to that individual’s descendants, which is subject to a reversion or a remainder if a tenant in tail dies with no lineal descendants, and which is not freely alienable see also entail<\/a> De Donis Conditionalibus<\/i> in the Important Laws section compare fee simple conditional<\/i> at fee simple<\/a> NOTE: The fee tail developed out of the fee simple conditional as a means to ensure that property would remain intact and in the family. Instead of giving the grantee a fee simple absolute once he or she has a child, which the grantee could then alienate (as by selling), the fee tail creates a future interest in the descendants which prevents the grantee and the descendants from alienating the property. A fee tail is created by a conveyance to the grantee and to the heirs of the grantee’s body. In most jurisdictions, the fee tail is not recognized. <\/i>
2<\/b> :<\/b> a fixed amount or percentage charged
;esp<\/i>
:<\/b> a sum paid or charged for a service [attorney s<\/i>] <\/p>\n

contingency fee<\/b>
:<\/b> a fee for the services of a lawyer paid upon successful completion of the services and usually calculated as a percentage of the gain obtained for the client called also contingency<\/i> contingent fee<\/i> compare champerty<\/a>, maintenance<\/a> <\/p>\n

fil·ing fee<\/b>
:<\/b> a fee charged for the filing of a document NOTE: Filing fees are ordinarily charged in civil matters with the filing of the complaint. <\/i> <\/p>\n

jury fee<\/b>
:<\/b> a fee that is assessed in some courts as part of the cost of a civil jury trial <\/p>\n

orig·i·na·tion fee<\/b>
:<\/b> a fee charged by a lender for the preparation and processing of a loan

in fee<\/b>
:<\/b> under title that creates a fee
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Source: Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law \u00a91996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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