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6 unusual facts about Administration of Estates Act 1925


Cestui que vie Act 1540

Sections 1 to 3 were repealed by section 56 of, and Part I of Schedule 2 to, the Administration of Estates Act 1925.

Clergy Marriage Act 1551

This section was repealed by section 56 of, and Part I of Schedule 2 to, the Administration of Estates Act 1925.

Escheat

In England and Wales, the possibility of escheat of a deceased person's property to the feudal overlord was abolished by the Administration of Estates Act 1925; however, the concept of Bona vacantia means that the crown (or Duchy of Cornwall) can still receive such property if no-one else can be found who is eligible to inherit it.

Gavelkind

Over the centuries, various acts were passed to degavel individual manors but, in England and Wales, it was the Administration of Estates Act 1925 that finally abolished the custom.

Mesne lord

Escheat in want of heirs to mesne lords was abolished by the Administration of Estates Act 1925.

Treason Act 1551

Section 11 of the Act was repealed on 1 January 1926 by section 56 of, and Part I of the second schedule to, the Administration of Estates Act 1925.



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