Law of Property Act
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Law of Property Act is a stock short title
used for legislation
in the United Kingdom
and the British Virgin Islands
relating to property law
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The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Law of Property Bill during its passage through Parliament
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Short title
The short title is the formal name by which a piece of primary legislation may by law be cited in the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions , as well as the United States. It contrasts with the long title which, while usually being more fully descriptive of the...
used for legislation
Legislation
Legislation is law which has been promulgated by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and the British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands
The Virgin Islands, often called the British Virgin Islands , is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands make up part of the Virgin Islands archipelago, the remaining islands constituting the U.S...
relating to property law
Property law
Property law is the area of law that governs the various forms of ownership in real property and in personal property, within the common law legal system. In the civil law system, there is a division between movable and immovable property...
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The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Law of Property Bill during its passage through Parliament
Parliament
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United Kingdom
- The Law of Property Amendment Act 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 35)
- The Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 41), also called the Conveyancing Act 1881
- The Law of Property Act 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5 c. 16)
- The Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1924 (15 & 16 Geo. 5 c. 5)
- The Law of Property Act 1925Law of Property Act 1925The Law of Property Act 1925 is a statute of the United Kingdom Parliament. It forms part of an interrelated programme of legisation introduced by Lord Chancellor Lord Birkenhead between 1922 and 1925. The programme was intended to modernise the English law of real property...
(15 & 16 Geo. 5 c. 20) - The Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5 c. 11)
- The Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5 c. 9)
- The Law of Property (Entailed Interests) Act 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5 c. 27)
- The Law of Property (Joint Tenants) Act 1964 (1964 c. 63)
- The Law of Property Act 1969 (1969 c. 59)
- The Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989The Law of Property Act 1989 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament, which lays down a number of important provisions for English property law....
(1989 c. 34) - The Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 (1994 c. 36)
British Virgin Islands
- The Conveyancing and Law of Property Act (Cap 220) of 1967 in the law of the British Virgin IslandsLaw of the British Virgin IslandsThe law of the British Virgin Islands is a combination of common law and statute, and is based heavily upon English law.Law in the British Virgin Islands tends to be a combination of the very old and the very new...