New Mexico Statutes
§ 47-1-18 — [Reversion; "heirs" and "successors" defined.]
When a balance or residue, in lands or tenements, goods or property, is limited by writing or otherwise to take effect after the decease of any person without heirs, or bodily heirs, or succession, the words heirs and successors shall be so construed as to mean heirs or successors living, at the time of the decease of the person styled ancestor.
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Legislative History
Laws 1851-1852, p. 376; C.L. 1865, ch. 44, § 25; C.L. 1884, § 1424; C.L.
Nearby Sections
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§ 47-1-1
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[Entailed estates.]§ 47-1-17.1
Repealed§ 47-1-20
[Remainder to unborn child.]