perpetuity
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Jerry included instructions to vote Jeanie as the controlling owner in perpetuity, a provision that has led to nearly constant conflict in the years since.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
While the company will “struggle to grow,” the current stock price implies that its business shrinks 5% each year in perpetuity, he added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
“We can’t just sit out in perpetuity, and I won’t,” he said in 2024.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
Bob’s move signals he’ll do anything to silence her, now and in perpetuity.
From Salon ● May 29, 2026
Johnson describes her actions during the war, but also details all the things Joey did for the patients at Tala, documenting it for perpetuity in the Congressional Record.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
That might violate a legal principle known as the rule against perpetuities, a question on which I gather is a fixture on bar exams the world over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
Actions could include the passage of a federal "rule against perpetuities," banning certain trust arrangements, and taxing income and wealth in trusts.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2021
In 1983, he abolished the rule against perpetuities and, from that moment on, property placed in trust in South Dakota would stay there for ever.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2019
He says that his insistence on perpetuity is “appropriate”—but perpetuities are never appropriate.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2015
The rule against perpetuities, 4th ed. edited by Roland Gray. © 22May42; A164345.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1969 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Vocabulary lists containing perpetuity
Vocabulary from the Magna Carta on its 800th Anniversary
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"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner
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Lincoln Inaugural Address (March 1861)
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