An uncertain thing which may happen. A contingent interest in real or personal estate. Kinzie v. Winston, 14 Fed. Cas. 651; Bodenhamer v. Welch, 89 N. C. 78; Needles v. Needles, 7 Ohio St. 442, 70 Am. Dec. 85. It is either near, (or ordinary,) as where an estate is limited to one after the death of another, or remote, (or extraordinary,) as where it is limited to a man, … [Read more...] about POSSIBILITY
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POSITIVE LAW
Law actually and specifically enacted or adopted by proper authority for the government of an organized jural society. "A 'law" in the sense in which that term is employed in jurisprudence, is enforced by a sovereign political authority. It is thus distinguished not only from all rules which, like the principles of morality and the so-called laws of honor and of fashion, are … [Read more...] about POSITIVE LAW
POSSIBILITY OF REVERTER
The chance or possibility that an estate will revert to the grantor should specific conditions occur. … [Read more...] about POSSIBILITY OF REVERTER
POSITIVE TESTIMONY
Testimony which asserts that something is true or that an act or event took place. … [Read more...] about POSITIVE TESTIMONY
POSSIBLE
Capable of existing or happening; feasible. In another sense, the word denotes extreme improbability, without excluding the idea of feasibility. It is also sometimes equivalent to "practicable" or "reasonable," as in some cases where action is required to be taken "as soon as possible." See Palmer v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 44 Wis. 208. … [Read more...] about POSSIBLE