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What does the term spes successionis mean in the law of transfer of property?

Spes successionis is a bare chance of inheriting property. Section 6(a) of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 makes that chance non-transferable.

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What does the term spes successionis mean in the law of transfer of property?

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Spes successionis is a bare chance of inheriting property. Section 6(a) of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 makes that chance non-transferable.

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Option A

A vested inheritance is more than an expectation of future succession.

Option B

A completed transfer creates an existing right rather than a bare chance of succeeding.

Option C

The expression concerns the chance of inheriting, rather than a promise of transfer.

Option D

The chance of an heir apparent succeeding to an estate is a mere expectancy.

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