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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-estates-act-northern-ireland-1955/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-estates-act-northern-ireland-1955/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1955/24",
  "legislation_title": "Administration of Estates Act (Northern Ireland) 1955",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-estates-act-northern-ireland-1955",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Rights of issue.",
  "text": "If an intestate dies leaving issue his estate shall, subject to the rights of the surviving spouse or civil partner, if any, be distributed per stirpes among such issue.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2004 c.33"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1955/24/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:33:26.086083+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}