D.C. Code § 42-502
Fee simple estates — Estates tail abolished.
Effective Mar 3, 1901Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1350, ch. 854, § 1012
All estates of inheritance, including such as were formerly estates tail, shall be adjudged estates in fee simple.
History
Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1350, ch. 854, § 1012
Prior Codifications
1973 Ed., § 45-802.
1981 Ed., § 45-202.