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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-6-80. Nature of life estates; estates during widowhood.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-6-80. Nature of life estates; estates during widowhood.

Estates which may extend during the life of a person but which must terminate at his death are deemed life estates during their existence. Estates during widowhood are life estates.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2234; Code 1868, § 2228; Code 1873, § 2254; Code 1882, § 2254; Civil Code 1895, § 3089; Civil Code 1910, § 3665; Code 1933, § 85-603.

## Law Reviews

For comment on Eller v. Wages, 220 Ga. 58, 136 S.E.2d 730 (1964), see 1 Ga. St. B.J. 557 (1965).