Statute of Wills

GPTKB entity

Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:allows landowners to devise real property by will
gptkbp:citation 32 Hen. 8 c. 1
gptkbp:country gptkb:England
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1540
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:fullTitle An Acte for the Establishment of the Kinges Succession
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Statute of Wills
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:English_property_law
American property law
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:precededBy common law restrictions on devising land
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Statute_of_Uses
gptkb:Statute_of_Frauds
gptkbp:repealedBy partially by later statutes
gptkbp:subject inheritance law
testamentary freedom
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Statute_of_Uses
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7