Pennsylvania Statutes
§ 2516 — Devise in fee tail abolished
Pennsylvania § 2516
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20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2516 (2026).
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Whenever by any devise an estate in fee tail would be created according to the common law of the Commonwealth, it shall pass an estate in fee simple, and as such shall be inheritable and freely alienable.
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