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All Automatic Returns Are Reversions

This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”

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  • Real Property1

Example wrong choices

  • 20761_workshop-reverter · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice Aa valid right of reentry.

    Why it's attractive

    The deed does not say Barnabas may enter or terminate; it says for so long as.

    Why it's wrong

    The deed does not say Barnabas may enter or terminate; it says for so long as.

  • 20761_workshop-reverter · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice Bvoid under the Rule Against Perpetuities.

    Why it's attractive

    The call asks for Barnabas's retained interest, not whether a transferee's future interest is valid.

    Why it's wrong

    The call asks for Barnabas's retained interest, not whether a transferee's future interest is valid.

  • 20761_workshop-reverter · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice Da valid reversion.

    Why it's attractive

    This label sees automatic return but misses that the prior estate does not have to end.

    Why it's wrong

    This label sees automatic return but misses that the prior estate does not have to end.

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