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Word for the week of
July 20, 2009

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A. The general arrangement under which a legal document or property is delivered to a third party until the occurence of a condition.

B. Reversion of property to the state upon the death of an owner who has neither a will nor legal heirs.

C. An equitable doctrine by which some courts deny relief to a claimant who has unreasonably delayed or been negligent in asserting a claim.

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