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• possibility — An uncertain thing which may happen. A contingent interest in real or personal estate. It is either near (or ordinary), as where an estate is limited to one after the death of another, or remote (or extraordinary), as where it is limited to a man …   Black's law dictionary

• naked — Bare; wanting in necessary conditions; incomplete, as a naked contract (nudum pactum), i.e., a contract devoid of consideration, and therefore invalid; or, simple, unilateral, comprising but a single element, as a naked authority, i.e., one which …   Black's law dictionary

• naked — Bare; wanting in necessary conditions; incomplete, as a naked contract (nudum pactum), i.e., a contract devoid of consideration, and therefore invalid; or, simple, unilateral, comprising but a single element, as a naked authority, i.e., one which …   Black's law dictionary

• Naked Cowboy — performing in Times Square Born Robert John Burck December 23, 1970 (1970 12 23) (age 40) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S …   Wikipedia

• Naked short selling — Schematic representation of naked short selling in two steps. The short seller sells shares without owning them. He then purchases and delivers the shares for a different market price. If the short seller cannot afford the shares in the second… …   Wikipedia

• Naked singularity — In general relativity, a naked singularity is a gravitational singularity, without an event horizon. In a black hole, there is a region around the singularity, the event horizon, where the gravitational force of the singularity is strong enough… …   Wikipedia

• Naked-eye planet — In astronomy, the naked eye planets are the five planets of our solar system that can be discerned with the naked eye without much difficulty. Hence, they were the only planets known to the ancients prior to the invention of the telescope. They… …   Wikipedia

• expectancies — Estates in anticipation, not in present possession or enjoyment. 28 Am J2d Est § 2. Reversions, remainders, and estates in the nature of remainders known as executory interests. A mere naked possibility not coupled with an interest. Hart v Gregg …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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