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

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.