# Inheritance Act 1833, Section 2: Descent shall always be traced from the purchaser, but the last owner shall be considered to be the purchaser, unless the contrary be proved.


In every case descent shall be traced from the purchaser; and to the intent that the pedigree may never be carried further back than the circumstances of the case and the nature of the title shall require, the person last entitled to the land shall, for the purposes of this Act, be considered to have been the purchaser thereof unless it shall be proved that he inherited the same, in which case the person from whom he inherited the same shall be considered to have been the purchaser unless it shall be proved that he inherited the same; and in like manner the last person from whom the land shall be proved to have been inherited shall in every case be considered to have been the purchaser, unless it shall be proved that he inherited the same.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Will4/3-4/106/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/inheritance-act-1833/section-2
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