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2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 47 - Property Law
Article 1 - Conveyances and General Provisions
Section 47-1-18 - Reversion; "heirs" and "successors" defined.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 47-1-18 (2017)
47-1-18. [Reversion; "heirs" and "successors" defined.]
When a balance or residue, in lands or tenements, goods or property, is limited by writing or otherwise to take effect after the decease of any person without heirs, or bodily heirs, or succession, the words heirs and successors shall be so construed as to mean heirs or successors living, at the time of the decease of the person styled ancestor.
History: Laws 1851-1852, p. 376; C.L. 1865, ch. 44, 25; C.L. 1884, 1424; C.L. 1897, 2044; Code 1915, 4764; C.S. 1929, 117-108; 1941 Comp., 75-113; 1953 Comp., 70-1-16.
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