US lawDistrict of ColumbiaStatutesTitle 28 — Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]Chapter 35. Statute of Frauds.28-3501D.C. Code § 28-3501Estate created otherwise than by deed.Last amended: 1964Year: 2026Length: 25 wordsOfficial source An estate, attempted to be created for a greater term than one year in real estate, other than by deed, is an estate by sufferance.NextD.C. Code § 28-3502