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- noun law A
placeholder name of a fictitious or hypotheticalestate in land commonly used by professors of law in common law jurisdictions, particularly in the area ofreal property , to discuss the rights of various parties to a piece of land.
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Examples
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As the famous copyright scholar Melville Nimmer put it, "If I may own Blackacre in perpetuity, why not also Black Beauty?"
Lawrence Lessig: The Solipsist and the Internet (a Review of Helprin's Digital Barbarism) 2009
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The key terms in the search "purchase and sale agreement", "ABC Corp." and "Blackacre Shopping Center" may be in any number of metadata fields: the client name field, the matter name field, the document name field or the full text of the document itself.
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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John leaves Blackacre to John Jr., his heirs and assigns, “but if the widget factory ceases operations, to John Jr. and Linda as tenants in common”.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Should We Teach Law Students the Rule Against Perpetuities? 2007
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A shadow has been cast over my career by the fact that I have never been able to draft a deed of Blackacre “To A so long as it is used for church purposes” or “To B and the heirs of hisbody.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Should We Teach Law Students the Rule Against Perpetuities? 2007
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One could easily imagine a hypothetical circumstance in which X could either represent himself or a collective entity where language “Blackacre to X” was ambigious.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Distinguishing the Scope of Executive Power From its Distribution: 2007
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This new version should allow you to find my earlier example of the "purchase and sale agreement used by ABC Corp. to buy the Blackacre Shopping Center" just by typing into a single search box.
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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This new version should allow you to find my earlier example of the "purchase and sale agreement used by ABC Corp. to buy the Blackacre Shopping Center" just by typing into a single search box.
Improvements to the Interwoven Document Management System 2007
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The interpretation of a grant to X as exclusive is not determined by the language “Blackacre to X” but rather by our traditional concept of property as being exclusively.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Distinguishing the Scope of Executive Power From its Distribution: 2007
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The key terms in the search "purchase and sale agreement", "ABC Corp." and "Blackacre Shopping Center" may be in any number of metadata fields: the client name field, the matter name field, the document name field or the full text of the document itself.
Improvements to the Interwoven Document Management System 2007
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It would in fact be less ambigious, as a matter of language and logic, to say “Blackacre to Xonly.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Distinguishing the Scope of Executive Power From its Distribution: 2007
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