{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/duchy-of-lancaster-lands-act-1855/section-III",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/18-19/58",
  "legislation_title": "Duchy Of Lancaster Lands Act 1855",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/duchy-of-lancaster-lands-act-1855",
  "path": "section/III",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "Power to Chancellor to contract and agree for Purchase of Land, and convey the same to the Use of Her Majesty.",
  "text": "The said Chancellor and Council may from Time to Time contract and agree with any Person or Persons, or Body or Bodies Politic, Corporate, or Collegiate, for the Purchase of and may purchase any Land which in the Judgment of the said Chancellor and Council shall be deemed convenient to be held with any Possession of the said Duchy, and the Land so agreed to be purchased shall be conveyed and assured to the Use of Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, in right of the said Duchy of Lancaster, and shall vest in Her said Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, in the same Right, and as fully and effectually, and be held with the like Incidents, as other Land belonging to the said Duchy; and every such Conveyance may be in the Form marked Y. in the said Schedule, or in any other Form which may be deemed more convenient.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/18-19/58/section/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:19:04.046643+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."
}