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Entail (Scotland) Act 1914 1914 c.43 An Act to amend the law of entail in Scotland. [10th August 1914]
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Entail (Scotland) Act 1914
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5 provisions
1 Short title.
This Act may be cited as the Entail (Scotland) Act, 1914.
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No deed relating to land in Scotland dated after the passing of this Act shall be effective to entail such land, and no such deed shall be recorded in the register of entails; and any prohibition of alienation, contracting debt, or altering the order of succession, ... in any such deed shall be null and void: ... () . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . () . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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In this Act... the word “land” shall include all heritages....
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