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1. Fraudulent Conveyances Act 1584 c. 4. The Law of Property Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 20) is a statute of the United Kingdom Parliament. It forms part of an interrelated programme of legislation introduced by Lord Chancellor Lord Birkenhead between 1922 and 1925.
The Law of Property Acts or the 1925 land reforms commonly refers to a series of Acts of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom to reform the system of land holding, registration and transfer. The principal Acts are the Law of Property Act 1925, the Land Registration Act 1925 (which was largely repealed and updated by the Land Registration Act ...
The acts apply whenever there is a settlement. A settlement is defined by s2 (1) of the 1882 act as "any land or any estate or interest in land, which stands for the time being limited to or in trust for any persons by way of succession". Basically, whenever a document creates a succession of interests in land the Settled Land Acts will apply.
The history of English land law can be traced back to Roman times. Throughout the Early Middle Ages, where England came under rule of post-Roman chieftains and Anglo-Saxon monarchs, land was the dominant source of personal wealth. English land law transformed further from the Anglo-Saxon days, particularly during the post- Norman Invasion ...
Law of Property Act. Law of Property Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and the British Virgin Islands relating to property law. The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Law of Property Bill during its passage through Parliament.
7 August 1925. An Act to amend the Public Health Acts, 1875 to 1907, and the Baths and Washhouses Acts, 1846 to 1899, in respect of matters for which provision is commonly made in local Acts and for other purposes relating to the public health. Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925. 15 & 16 Geo. 5.
The Land Registration Act 1925 was passed along with a package of reforms of the land and settlement system, including the Law of Property Act 1925, the Trustee Act 1925, the Settled Land Act 1925 and the Land Charges Act 1925. The Act was amended by the Land Registration Act 1936. The subsequent Commons Registration Act 1965 made reference to ...
Lord Templeman gave the leading judgment. He started by saying that a tenancy is a term of years absolute by common law and the Law of Property Act 1925, section 205(1)(xxvii). [1] Originally they were not property rights, but a legal estate in leaseholds was created by the Statute of Gloucester 1278 and the Recoveries Act 1529 (21 Hen. 8. c ...