perpetuity

“We can’t just sit out in perpetuity, and I won’t,” he said in 2024.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026

Bob’s move signals he’ll do anything to silence her, now and in perpetuity.

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

But his inquiry illuminates one possible pathway through the mirrored hallways where history and myth reflect and distort each other in seeming perpetuity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

In hearings this year, the California’s Department of Finance said the program was meant to run for a limited time and expressed concern about funding it in perpetuity from the state budget.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

I would remain a child, in perpetuity, always, or I would lose him.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

That might violate a legal principle known as the rule against perpetuities, a question on which I gather is a fixture on bar exams the world over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

These trusts are often formed in U.S. states—such as South Dakota—that have suspended or altered their state "rule against perpetuities," legislation that previously limited the lifespan of a trust.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2021

“No more questions. I didn’t understand perpetuities in law school, and I don’t want to understand it now,” he said, laughing.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2019

That’s a hell of a lot better than you see at most foundations, which tend to be set up as perpetuities that give out the bare minimum of 5 percent of their assets each year.

From Slate ● May 11, 2018

The rent £8,000 a year, but re-let for £64,000 a year, by tenants that have perpetuities, perhaps the cruellest instance in the world of carelessness for the interests of posterity. 

From A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 by Henry Morley