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'A' makes a gift in favour of his sons with a condition that if any of them dies leaving no male issue,…

The sons take a "vested interest" subject to a condition of defeasance; as held in Rajes Kanta Roy v Santi Debi, such a divesting clause does not prevent immediate vesting.

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'A' makes a gift in favour of his sons with a condition that if any of them dies leaving no male issue, his shares will be taken by other surviving sons and not the widow or daughter of the deceased son. The gift creates a/an

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The sons take a "vested interest" subject to a condition of defeasance; as held in Rajes Kanta Roy v Santi Debi, such a divesting clause does not prevent immediate vesting.

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