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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-6-60. Nature of estates in remainder and in reversion; rights of reversioner.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-6-60. Nature of estates in remainder and in reversion; rights of reversioner.

(a) An estate in remainder is one limited to be enjoyed after another estate is terminated or at a time specified in the future.

(b) An estate in reversion is the residue of an estate, usually the fee left in the grantor and his heirs after the termination of a particular estate which he has granted out of it.

(c) The rights of the reversioner are the same as those of a vested remainderman in fee.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2245; Code 1868, § 2237; Code 1873, § 2263; Code 1882, § 2263; Civil Code 1895, § 3098; Civil Code 1910, § 3674; Code 1933, § 85-701.

## Cross References

Right of action for injury to remainder or reversionary interest in personalty, § 51-10-5.

## Law Reviews

For article, ‘‘Descendible Future Interests in Georgia: The Effect of the Preference for Early Vesting,’’ see 7 Ga. L. Rev. 443 (1973).

For note discussing construction and interpretation of wills, see 1 Ga. L. Rev. No. 1, p. 46 (1927).