Settled Estates Act 1877

Settled Estates Act 1877[a]
Act of Parliament
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Long titleAn Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Leases and Sales of Settled Estates.
Citation40 & 41 Vict. c. 18
Territorial extent [b]
Dates
Royal assent28 June 1877
Commencement1 November 1877[c]
Repealed1 January 1926
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AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
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Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Settled Estates Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 18) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated and amended enactments relating to leases and sales of settled estates in England and Wales and Ireland.[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 58 of the act repealed 5 enactments, listed in the schedule to the act.[2]

Enactments repealed by section 58
Citation Short title Description Extent of repeal
19 & 20 Vict. c. 120 Settled Estates Act 1856 An Act to facilitate leases and sales of Settled Estates. The whole act.
21 & 22 Vict. c. 77 Settled Estates Act 1858 An Act to amend and extend the Settled Estates Act of 1856. The whole act.
27 & 28 Vict. c. 45 Settled Estates Act 1864 An Act to further amend the Settled Estates Act of 1856. The whole act.
37 & 38 Vict. c. 33 Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Amendment Act 1874 The Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Amendment Act, 1874. The whole act.
39 & 40 Vict. c. 30 Settled Estates Act 1876 The Settled Estates Act, 1876. The whole act.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1924 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 5), which came into force on 1 January 1926.[3]

The whole act was repealed by section 119 of, and the fifth schedule to, the Settled Land Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 18), which came into force on 1 January 1926.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 1.
  2. ↑ Section 60.
  3. ↑ Section 61.

References

  1. ↑ Middleton, James W. (1878). The Settled Estates Act, 1877, and the Settled Estates Act Orders, 1878: With Introduction, Notes and Forms, and Summary of Practice. London: Stevens and Sons.
  2. ↑ "Settled Estates Act 1877", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Vict/40-41 c. 18
  3. ↑ "Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1924", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5/15-16 c. 5
  4. ↑ "Settled Land Act 1925", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5/15-16 c. 18