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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wills-and-administration-proceedings-northern-ireland-order-1994/article-18",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1994/1899",
  "legislation_title": "The Wills and Administration Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wills-and-administration-proceedings-northern-ireland-order-1994",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Words of limitation unnecessary",
  "text": "(1) A devise of land passes the fee simple absolute in possession or other the whole estate that the testator had power to dispose of by will.\n(2) A devise creating an estate of any kind in land passes the largest estate of that kind which the testator had power to create in the land.\n(3) This Article applies whether the devisee takes beneficially or on trust and is subject to any contrary intention which appears from the will.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1994/1899/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:37.123327+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."
}