# Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-3: Sec. 47-3. Estate given in fee tail

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47_C821_S47-3

## Section

- **Citation:** Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-3
- **Heading:** Sec. 47-3. Estate given in fee tail
- **Jurisdiction:** Connecticut
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Connecticut Code / Title 47 / Chapter 821 / Section 47-3

## Text

Section affirms the common law of Connecticut. K. 118; Id., 175; 1 R. 79, 96; 2 R. 39; 3 D. 332. Issue of donee in tail, during life of donee, has no right capable of being transferred by release deed. 7 C. 250; 51 C. 45; 66 C. 408. When a fee tail vests in the immediate descendant of a person in being. 9 C. 114. When a devise vests an estate tail in the devisee. 12 C. 328. When donee in tail liable upon covenants in a deed of warranty. 23 C. 349. Estate tail by implication. 66 C. 407; 72 C. 29; 125 C. 657. Provisions in wills construed. 68 C. 207; 78 C. 362; 124 C. 448; 127 C. 115. How estate in fee tail is created by deed or will; effect. 88 C. 296. Cited. 109 C. 540. “Issue” construed not to mean “children”. 124 C. 448. Statute in terms provides for the invalidation of an estate tail by making it an estate in fee simple in the first donee in tail. 125 C. 661. Identity of the issue of the first donee in tail not ascertainable until death of donee. Id., 662. Meaning of word “issue” not the same as “immediate issue or descendants” in former statute against perpetuities. 127 C. 9.

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