Statements (18)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
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gptkbp:allows |
landowners to devise real property by will
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
Wills Act 1540
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gptkbp:citation |
gptkb:32_Hen_8_c_1
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gptkbp:dateEnacted |
1540
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gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
established right to bequeath land by will in England
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Statute of Wills 1540
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gptkbp:jurisdiction |
England and Wales
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gptkbp:precededBy |
common law prohibition on devising land by will
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gptkbp:relatedLegislation |
gptkb:Statute_of_Uses_1536
Wills Act 1837 |
gptkbp:repealedBy |
gptkb:Administration_of_Estates_Act_1925
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gptkbp:subject |
inheritance law
testamentary freedom |
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:An_Act_concerning_Uses_and_Wills
gptkb:Statute_of_Uses |
gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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