# Quia Emptores (1290), Section III: Mortmain prohibited.


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . And It is to wit, that this Statute extendeth but only to Lands holden in Fee Simple; and that it extendeth to the time coming; and it shall begin to take effect at the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle next coming. [Given the eighteenth year of the Reign of King Edward, Son to King Henry.]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Edw1/18/1/section/III (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/quia-emptores-1290/section-III
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