Draught of a Bill To Alter and Amend The Law concerning Entails in Scotland.

Chas Selkrig and Pat Cockburn SIGNED

Published by UK, 1828

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Draught of a Bill To Alter and Amend The Law concerning Entails in Scotland. To be Introduced by Mr Kennedy MP by Bill created by Chas Selkrig and Pat Cockburn. Signed and inscribed by Pat Cockburn to title page. Edinburgh 18th Jan 1828. An important act to curtail or bar entails in Scotland. An estate tail or fee tail. In England, a settlement of land, destined to the grantee and the heirs of his body (or some more special destination; initially, such settlements rendered the land inalienable, i.e. not transferable to another owner, but after 1472 it came to be accepted that the entail could in certain circumstances be barred and the land made alienable). The whole law of entail was relaxed over time. Since the coming into force in 1997 of the Trusts of Land and Appointments of Trustees Act 1996 entailed interest cannot exist in equity, even by way of a trust. In Scotland, entails (also known as tailzies, ?z' silent) were made possible by the Entail Act of 1683, provision being made for the setting up of a Register of Entails, publicizing which estates were entailed. As, initially, in England, entailing land in Scotland made that land inalienable. The Entail Amendment (Scotland) Act 1848 established a procedure whereby entails could be barred, and in 1914 it was provided by the Entail (Scotland) Act that no future entails of land in Scotland would be permitted, save to implement a direction to entail combined in a will executed before the Act came into force. The original paper pamphlet is average with light age toning to pages. Title page with inscription and soiling. Complete 24 pages in total. Size is 21cm x 13cm. More images can be taken upon request. Ref15211. Seller Inventory # 020144

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Title: Draught of a Bill To Alter and Amend The Law...

Publisher: UK

Publication Date: 1828

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fair

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition