{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"778","citation":"Civ. Code, § 778","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. PROPERTY [654. - 1422.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 2. REAL OR IMMOVABLE PROPERTY [[755.] - 945.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 2. ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY [761. - 817.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-2/title-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Estates in General [761. - 784.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-2/part-2/title-2/chapter-1"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A remainder may be limited on a contingency which, in case it should happen, will operate to abridge or determine the precedent estate; and every such remainder is to be deemed a conditional limitation.</p>","text":"A remainder may be limited on a contingency which, in case it should happen, will operate to abridge or determine the precedent estate; and every such remainder is to be deemed a conditional limitation.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/estates-in-general-778","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}