{"text":"Two or more future estates may be created to take effect in the alternative, so that if the first in order shall fail to vest the next in succession may be substituted for it and take effect accordingly.","historical":"Prior Codifications\n\n1981 Ed., § 45-213.\n\n1973 Ed., § 45-813.\n\nDC CODE § 42-513\n\nCurrent through December 11, 2012","credits":"(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1352, ch. 854, § 1026.)","sections":[],"division":{"identifier":"VII","text":"Property."},"title":{"identifier":"42","text":"Real Property. (Refs & Annos)"},"subtitle":{"prefix":"I","text":" General."},"chapter":{"identifier":"5","text":"Estates in Land."},"heading":{"title":"42","chaptersection":"513","identifier":"42-513","catch_text":"Future estates--Alternative."}}