Definition of DEFEASIBLE in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DEFEASIBLE
Subject to be defeated, annulled, revoked, or undone upon the happening of a future event or the performance of a condition subsequent, or by a conditional limitation. Usually spoken of estates and interests in land. For instance, a mortgagee's estate is defeasible (liable to be defeated) by the mortgagor's equity of redemption. Penick v. Atkinson, 139 Ga. 649, 77 S.E. 1055, 1057, 46 L.R.A.,N.S., 284; Murphy v. Murphy, 182 Ky. 731, 207 S.W. 491, 493.
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