{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wills-act-1837/section-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wills-act-1837/section-24.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Will4and1Vict/7/26",
  "legislation_title": "Wills Act 1837",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wills-act-1837",
  "path": "section/24",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "A will shall be construed to speak from the death of the testator.",
  "text": "Every will shall be construed, with reference to the real estate and personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 24 applied by Married Women's Property Act 1893 (c. 63), s. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Will4and1Vict/7/26/section/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:45:15.749513+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."
}