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§ 6116 — Estates in fee tail abolished

Pennsylvania·Title 20 DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES·Ch. 61 ESTATES
Whenever by any conveyance 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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