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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-of-property-act-1925/schedule-FIRST/part-II/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/15-16/20",
  "legislation_title": "Law of Property Act 1925",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-of-property-act-1925",
  "path": "schedule/FIRST/part/II/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Any person who, immediately after the commencement of this Act, is entitled to an equitable interest capable of subsisting as a legal estate which has priority over any legal estate in the same land, shall be deemed to be entitled for the foregoing purposes to require a legal estate to be vested in him for an interest of a like nature not exceeding in extent or duration the equitable interest:\nProvided that this paragraph shall not—\n(a) apply where the equitable interest is capable of being over-reached by virtue of a subsisting trust for sale or a settlement;\n(b) operate to prevent such person from acquiring any other legal estate under this Part of this Schedule to which he may be entitled.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/15-16/20/schedule/FIRST/part/II/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:43:09.274032+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."
}