perpetuity

English

Noun

perpetuity (plural perpetuities or -)

1. Template:uncountable The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.
2. Template:countable Something that is perpetual.
3. Template:countable A limitation intended to be unalterable and of indefinite duration; a disposition of property which attempts to make it inalienable beyond certain limits fixed or conceived as being fixed by the general law.
4. Template:countable An annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely.

See also

• perpetuity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “perpetuity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “perpetuity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.