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Crown Private Estates Act 1873

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Contents: 6 provisions

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6 provisions

Title and introductory text

Crown Private Estates Act 1873 1873 c.61 An Act to explain and amend the Crown Private Estates Act 1862. [5th August 1873]

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1 Recited Act extended to manors, &c. devised by Her Majesty, &c.

All the provisions of the Crown Private Estates Act 1862 and of this Act, concerning the private estates of Her Majesty, her heirs or successors, shall extend and apply to all manors, messuages, lands, tenements, leases, and hereditaments, and other real or heritable property and estate, of whatsoever tenure the same may be, whether situate or arising in England, Scotland, or Ireland, or in any other part of Her Majesty’s dominions, which, under or by virtue of any gift, devise, or disposition made by Her Majesty, or by any of her heirs or successors, of any part of her or his private estates, shall become vested in any person who may at the time of such vesting, or at any time afterwards, be or become king or queen of this realm, unless in or by the instrument whereby such gift, devise, or disposition shall be made, an intention shall be expressed that such manors, messuages, lands, tenements, leases, hereditaments, or other property or estate shall not be, or after the accession of any person entitled thereto to the Crown of this realm, continue to be held as such private estates.

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2 Section 3, of 3 & 4 W. 4. c. 106 extended to private estates of Her Majesty, &c.

Section three of the Inheritance Act 1833 shall extend and apply to the private estates of Her Majesty, her heirs or successors, and to any devise or assurance by Her Majesty, her heirs or successors, of such private estates.

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3 Section 11 of 25 & 26 Vict. c.37 extended to certain private estates of Her Majesty, &c.

The provisions contained in section eleven of the Crown Private Estates Act 1862 relating to suits and actions, shall extend and apply to the private estates of Her Majesty, her heirs or successors, which may not be vested in a trustee or trustees, wheresoever the same be situate or arising; and any suit, action, or other proceeding in any part of Her Majesty’s dominions relating to any debt or liability to, or any claim or demand by Her Majesty, or any of her heirs or successors, in right or respect of her or his privy purse, or of any personal estate or effects, subject to disposition by her or his last will and testament, may be sued, brought, prosecuted, and taken on behalf of Her Majesty, her heirs or successors, by and in the name or names of any person or persons to be from time to time for that purpose appointed, in manner prescribed by the eleventh section of the Crown Private Estates Act 1862.

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4 Saving rights of Her Majesty.

Provided that nothing in this Act contained shall take away or interfere with any right or remedy by any law or statute competent to Her Majesty, her heirs or successors, in regard to the private estates of Her Majesty, her heirs or successors, or to her or his privy purse, or to any personal estate or effects subject to disposition by her or his last will and testament.

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5 Short title.

This Act may be cited for all purposes as “The Crown Private Estates Act 1873.”

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