10 Abolition of terce and courtesy, and calculation of legal rights.S
(1)The right of courtesy of a surviving husband in his deceased wife’s estate and the right of terce of a surviving wife in her deceased husband’s estate shall not be exigible out of the estate of a person dying after the commencement of this Act.
(2)The amount of any claim to [F1legal rights] out of an estate shall be calculated by reference to so much of the net moveable estate as remains after the satisfaction of any claims thereon under the two last foregoing sections.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 10(2) substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 261(2), 263(10)(c), Sch. 28 para. 6; S.S.I. 2005/604, {art. (2(c)}