Statute of Wills
English history
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enactment by Henry VIII
- In inheritance: Historical development
…by the enactment of the Statute of Wills, to open the way for true testamentary disposition of land. Restrictions limiting devises of those lands of which ownership was connected with the duty of rendering military service were abolished at the time of the Restoration by the Military Tenures Act of…
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role in England
- In United Kingdom: Financial policy
…to compromise, and by the Statute of Wills a subject who held his property by knight’s fee was permitted to bequeath two-thirds of his land without feudal obligation.
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