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Law of Property Amendment Act 1859
1859 CHAPTER 35 22 and 23 Vict
An Act to further amend the Law of Property, and to relieve Trustees.
[13th August 1859]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Short title “The Law of Property Amendment Act 1859” given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2Words of enactment repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)
1—3.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1E+W+N.I.
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4—9.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2E+W+N.I.
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F2Ss. 4–9 repealed by Conveyancing Act 1881 (c. 41), Sch. 2
10—12.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3E+W+N.I.
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13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4E+W+N.I.
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F4S. 13 repealed by Settled Land Act 1925 (c. 18), s. 119, Sch. 5
14—18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5E+W+N.I.
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F5Ss. 14–18 repealed with saving by Administration of Estates Act 1925 (c. 23), s. 56, Sch. 2 Pt. I
InheritanceE+W+N.I.
19 Descent how to be traced.E+W+N.I.
Where there shall be a total failure of heirs of the purchaser, or where any land shall be descendible as if an ancestor had been the purchaser thereof, and there shall be a total failure of the heirs of such ancestor, then and in every such case the land shall descend and the descent shall thenceforth be traced from the person last entitled to the land as if he had been the purchaser thereof.
20 Preceding section incorporated with 3 & 4 Will. 4 c. 106.E+W+N.I.
The last preceding section shall be read as part of the M1Inheritance Act, 1833.
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21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6E+W+N.I.
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22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7E+W+N.I.
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F7S. 22 repealed by Land Charges Act 1925 (c. 22), s. 24, Sch.
23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8E+W+N.I.
24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9E+W+N.I.
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25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10E+W+N.I.
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F10S. 25 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. III
26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11E+W+N.I.
27—29.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12E+W+N.I.
30, 31.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13E+W+N.I.
32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14E+W+N.I.
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F14S. 32 repealed by Trust Investment Act 1889 (c. 32), Sch.
Extent of ActE+W+N.I.
33 Act not to extend to Scotland.E+W+N.I.
This Act shall not extend to Scotland.
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