{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"740","citation":"Civ. Code, § 740","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654. - 1422.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 1. PROPERTY IN GENERAL [654. - 749.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 2. OWNERSHIP [669. - 742.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-1/title-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Termination of Ownership [739. - 742.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-1/title-2/chapter-4"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A future interest may be defeated in any manner or by any act or means which the party creating such interest provided for or authorized in the creation thereof; nor is a future interest, thus liable to be defeated, to be on that ground adjudged void in its creation.</p>","text":"A future interest may be defeated in any manner or by any act or means which the party creating such interest provided for or authorized in the creation thereof; nor is a future interest, thus liable to be defeated, to be on that ground adjudged void in its creation.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/termination-of-ownership-740","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}