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(1)A testamentary disposition of any real estate in England or Ireland made by a person to whom section eleven of the M1Wills Act 1837, applies, and who dies after the passing of this Act, shall, notwithstanding that the person making the disposition was at the time of making it under [F1eighteen years] of age or that the disposition has not been made in such manner or form as was at the passing of this Act required by law, be valid in any case where the person making the disposition was of such age and the disposition has been made in such manner and form that if the disposition had been a disposition of personal estate made by such a person domiciled in England or Ireland it would have been valid.
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F1Words substituted by Family Law Reform Act 1969 (c. 46), s. 3(1)
F2S. 3(2) repealed with saving by Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 (c. 41), s. 34(2), Sch. 3
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