Property Ownership
A life estate grants the life tenant the right to use the property:
AFor a fixed term of years
BUntil the grantor's death only
CFor the duration of the measuring life✓ Correct
DIndefinitely with right of survivorship
Explanation
A life estate lasts for the duration of a measuring life (usually the life tenant's own life), after which the property passes to the remainderman or reverts to the grantor.
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