Editing Fee simple (section)

==Creation and characteristic of fee simple==
Rules requiring words of general inheritance to create fee simple by conveyance have been abolished by statute in the United States.<ref name="Lennon">Moynihan's Introduction to the Law of Real Property, Sheldon F. Kurtz</ref> To convey an estate in fee simple at common law, the deed or will must state "to B and his heirs". Anything short of those words transferred a smaller estate.

Modern deeds usually follow a standardized form. There is a presumption that the testator intends to convey his or her property in fee simple unless the will indicates an intention to transfer a smaller estate, such as a life estate.<ref name="Lennon"/>