Property
Fee Simple Absolute
Definition
A fee simple absolute is the greatest estate in land recognized by law, granting the owner complete ownership for an infinite duration with no limitations on inheritability. It is freely alienable, devisable, and descendible. The holder of a fee simple absolute has the right to use, possess, exclude, transfer, and dispose of the property as they see fit, subject only to government regulation. Language such as 'to A and his heirs' creates a fee simple absolute at common law, though modern law generally presumes a fee simple unless otherwise indicated.
Example
O conveys Blackacre "to A and her heirs." A receives a fee simple absolute — the fullest possible ownership interest in the land.