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Cestui que vie Act 1540

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Cestui que vie Act 1540[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleFor recovering of Arrerages by Executors & Administrators.[2]
Citation32 Hen. 8. c. 37
Dates
Royal assent24 July 1540
Other legislation
Amended byStatute Law Revision Act 1888
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 1969
Status: Repealed

The Cestui que vie Act 1540 (32 Hen. 8. c. 37) was an act of the Parliament of England.

Sections 1 to 3 were repealed by section 56 of, and part I of schedule 2 to, the Administration of Estates Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5.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The words from "and the avowry" to the end of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and part III of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969.

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  1. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 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.
  2. ^ These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".