# Wills Act 1837, Section 30: No devise to trustees or executors, except for a term or a presentation to a church, shall pass a chattel interest.


Where any real estate (other than or not being a presentation to a church) shall be devised to any trustee or executor, such devise shall be construed to pass the fee simple or other the whole estate or interest which the testator had power to dispose of by will in such real estate, unless a definite term of years, absolute or determinable, or an estate of freehold, shall thereby be given to him expressly or by implication.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Will4and1Vict/7/26/section/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wills-act-1837/section-30
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