Part II E+W Contracts, Conveyances and other Instruments

Conveyances and other InstrumentsE+W

51 Lands lie in grant only.E+W

(1)All lands and all interests therein lie in grant and are incapable of being conveyed by livery or livery and seisin, or by feoffment, or by bargain and sale; and a conveyance of an interest in land may operate to pass the possession or right to possession thereof, without actual entry, but subject to all prior rights thereto.

(2)The use of the word grant is not necessary to convey land or to create any interest therein.