1SSubject to the specific modifications made by the following provisions of this Schedule, references in any enactment to the heir-at-law of a deceased person in relation to any heritable property . . . F1 shall be construed as references to the persons who by virtue of this Act are entitled to succeed to such property on intestacy.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions)(Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 70), ss. 8, 22(3), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 29, Sch. 3
2SSubject as aforesaid references in general terms in any enactment to the heirs of a deceased person shall include—
(a)the persons entitled by virtue of this Act to succeed on intestacy to any part of the estate of the deceased; and
(b)so far as is necessary for the purposes of Part III of this Act, the executor of the deceased.
3SReferences in any enactment relating to the confirmation of executors or the administration of the moveable estates of deceased persons to the moveable or personal property or estate of a deceased person shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to the whole estate of the deceased person.
4SReferences in any enactment (other than in this Act) to courtesy or terce shall be of no effect.