{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tithe-act-1838-repealed-19111998/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tithe-act-1838-repealed-19111998/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/1-2/64",
  "legislation_title": "Tithe Act 1838 (repealed 19.11.1998)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tithe-act-1838-repealed-19111998",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Where tithes and the lands charged therewith are settled to same uses, the tenant for life may cause them to merge in the land.",
  "text": "In all cases where tithes, or rent-charge in lieu of tithes, and the lands out of which the same are payable, are both settled to the same uses, it shall be lawful for any person in possession of an estate for life in both such lands and tithes, or rent-charge in lieu of tithes, by any deed or declaration under his hand and seal, to be made in such form as the said commissioners shall approve, and to be confirmed under their seal, to release, assign, or otherwise dispose of such tithes or rent-charge, so that the same may be absolutely merged and extinguished in the freehold and inheritance of the lands out of which such tithes shall have been issuing or on which such rent-charge shall have been charged.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/1-2/64/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:43:44.162735+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."
}