Cestui que vie Act 1540
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | For recovering of Arrerages by Executors & Administrators.[b] |
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| Citation | 32 Hen. 8. c. 37 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 24 July 1540 |
| Commencement | 12 April 1540[c] |
| Repealed | 1 January 1970 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Cestui que vie Act 1540[a] (32 Hen. 8. c. 37) was an act of the Parliament of England.
Subsequent developments
Sections 1 to 3 were repealed by section 56 of, and part I of schedule 2 to, the Administration of Estates Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 23).
The words from "and the avowry" to the end of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62).
The whole act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and part III of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969.
Notes
- ^ a b The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and the second schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ These words are printed against this act in the second column of the second schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
- ^ Start of session.