Entail (Scotland) Act 1914

4 & 5 Geo. 5 c. 43 · Enacted 10 August 1914 · Extends to Scotland

An Act to amend the law of entail in Scotland.

[10th August 1914]C1

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C1: Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

1Short title.
2Entail Act, 1685, not to apply to future deeds.
3Further facilities for disentail, &c. Repealed
4Power to grant feus. Repealed
5Obligations in leases. Repealed
6Effect of death of heir of entail in possession on subsisting lease of mansion house. Repealed
7Contract for the sale of growing timber. Repealed
8Application of sections 47, 48, and 49 of 11 & 12 Vict. c. 36. Repealed
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10Interpretation.

1Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Entail (Scotland) Act, 1914.

2Entail Act, 1685, not to apply to future deeds.

F1No deed relating to land in Scotland dated after the passing of this Act shall be effective to entail such land, and no such deed shall be recorded in the register of entails; and any prohibition of alienation, contracting debt, or altering the order of succession, F2... in any such deed shall be null and void:

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