AudibleNod OP t1_je9tush wrote on March 30, 2023 at 1:44 PM

Reply to comment by _tonsofsoul_ in TIL in order to prevent certain legal instruments from operating in perpetuity, a Royal Lives Clause may be written into a contract which provides a definite but extended period of time usually tied to twenty-one years past the death of last living descendent of the current British monarch. by AudibleNod

The first article I read didn't mention the name of the clause. I thought it was a really weird flex to peg the end of the agreement to such a specific yet convoluted event. Turns out it was just an archaic flex.

_tonsofsoul_ t1_je9uc1c wrote on March 30, 2023 at 1:48 PM

Me too, I thought it was a really funny thing to make up. I find it even funnier that it's an actual thing.

beingmesince63 t1_jeagn9h wrote on March 30, 2023 at 4:24 PM

Read an amusing comment by a law school student who sat through a boring lecture on this and thought “yea right, who uses this?” and he was thrilled by the maneuver. Law schools are gonna love it.

Barbarossa7070 t1_jecwqnr wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:22 AM

I feel sorry for current 3Ls who are gonna get a Rule Against Perpetuities question on the bar exam this year for sure.