The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 27 V.S.A. § 1)
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§ 1. Estate in fee tail abolished
Where, by the common law, a person might become seised in fee tail of lands by virtue
of a devise, gift, grant, or other conveyance, or by other means, such person, instead
of being seised thereof in fee tail, shall be seised thereof in fee simple. This
section shall not change the effect of any instrument made and executed prior to June
1, 1941.