ALL-OR-NOTHING RULE

all-or-nothing rule.A gloss on the rule against perpetuities holding that a class gift is invalid

in its entirety if it is invalid in part. • The effect is to invalidate a class member’s interest even if it

vests within the period  of the rule because it may be subject to partial divestment by the remote

interest of another class member. [Cases: Perpetuities    4(1). C.J.S. Perpetuities §§ 2, 12, 15–18,

20–24, 27–28, 30, 33, 35–36, 52–53.] [Blacks Law 8th]