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Settled Land Act 1925

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38Powers of sale and exchange.

A tenant for life—

(i)May sell the settled land, or any part thereof, or any easement, right or privilege of any kind over or in relation to the land; and

(ii)Where the settlement comprises a manor, may sell the seignory of any freehold land within the manor, with or without any exception or reservation of all or any mines or minerals, or of any rights or powers relative to mining purposes, so as in every such case to effect an extinguishment of the manorial incidents; and

(iii)May make an exchange of the settled land, or any part thereof, or of any easement, right, or privilege of any kind, whether or not newly created, over or in relation to the settled land, or any part thereof, for other land, or for any easement, right or privilege of any kind, whether or not newly created, over or in relation to other land, including an exchange in consideration of money paid for equality of exchange.

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