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• SPECIAL LIMITATION
  
  A fee simple estate may also be qualified by a special limitation. The estate ends automatically upon the current owner's failure to comply with the limitation. The former owner retains a possibility of reverter. If the limitation is violated, the former owner (or his or her heirs or successors) reacquires full ownership, with no need to reenter the land or go to court. A fee simple with a special limitation is also called a fee simple determinable because it may end automatically. The language used to distinguish a special limitation-the words "so long as" or "while" or "during"-is the key to creating this estate.
  
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