“Perpetuity”
Definition: The condition of an estate when rendered perpetual or for any
time inalienable by the acts of its proprietor. The dominant purpose and
motive advanced is a selfish one- a reluctancy to give up property, even at
death and vanity that a name might be perpetuated. It tends to take its
subject out of commerce for a longer period than a life or lives being and
21 years beyond.
