Restraint On Alienation - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition restraint-on-alienation

restraint on alienation

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:something that serves to prevent a party from alienating property
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: a provision in an instrument (as a deed or will) that purports to prohibit or penalize the use of the power of alienation NOTE: Though not necessarily unlawful, restraints on alienation are disfavored in the law.