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Entail (Scotland) Act 1914
1914 CHAPTER 43 4 and 5 Geo 5
An Act to amend the law of entail in Scotland.
[10th August 1914]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
1 Short title.S
This Act may be cited as the Entail (Scotland) Act, 1914.
2 Entail Act, 1685, not to apply to future deeds.S
[F1No] deed relating to land in Scotland dated after the passing of this Act [F1shall be effective] to entail such land, and no such deed shall be recorded in the register of entails; and any prohibition of alienation, contracting debt, or altering the order of succession, F2... in any such deed shall be null and void:
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F1Words in s. 2 substituted (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), sch. 12 para. 14(2)(a), (b) (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2
F2Words in s. 2 repealed (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), sch. 12 para. 14(2)(c), sch. 13 Pt. 1 (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2
F33 Further facilities for disentail, &c.S
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F3Ss. 3-8 repealed (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), sch. 12 para. 14(3), sch. 13 Pt. 1 (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2
F34 Power to grant feus.S
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F3Ss. 3-8 repealed (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), sch. 12 para. 14(3), sch. 13 Pt. 1 (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2
F35 Obligations in leases.S
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F3Ss. 3-8 repealed (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), sch. 12 para. 14(3), sch. 13 Pt. 1 (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2
F36 Effect of death of heir of entail in possession on subsisting lease of mansion house.S
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F3Ss. 3-8 repealed (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), sch. 12 para. 14(3), sch. 13 Pt. 1 (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2
F37 Contract for the sale of growing timber.S
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F3Ss. 3-8 repealed (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), sch. 12 para. 14(3), sch. 13 Pt. 1 (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2
F38 Application of sections 47, 48, and 49 of 11 & 12 Vict. c. 36.S
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F3Ss. 3-8 repealed (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), sch. 12 para. 14(3), sch. 13 Pt. 1 (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2
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F4S. 9 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), s.1 , Sch. Pt. V
10 Interpretation.S
In this ActF5... the word “land” shall include all heritagesF5....
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F5Words in s. 10 repealed (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), sch. 12 para. 14(4), sch. 13 Pt. 1 (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2
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