Section 19: Effect of conveyances of legal estates to infants.

Law of Property Act 1925 · 1925 c. 20View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part I: General Principles as to Legal Estates, Equitable Interests and Powers

REPEALED on 1997-01-01 by Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996.

Source annotation(s):

  • S. 19 repealed (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47 , s. 25(2) , Sch.4 ( with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974 , art.2

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A conveyance of a legal estate in land to an infant alone or to two or more persons jointly both or all of whom are infants, shall have such operation as is provided for in the Settled Land Act, 1925.

A conveyance of a legal estate in land to an infant, jointly with one or more other persons of full age, shall operate to vest the legal estate in the other person or persons on the statutory trusts, but not so as to sever any joint tenancy in the net proceeds of sale or in the rents and profits until sale, or affect the right of a tenant for life or statutory owner to have settled land vested in him.

The foregoing provisions of this section do not apply to conveyances on trust or by way of mortgage.

A conveyance of a legal estate to an infant alone or to two or more persons jointly, both or all of whom are infants, on any trusts, shall operate as a declaration of trust and shall not be effectual to pass any legal estate.

A conveyance of a legal estate in land to an infant jointly with one or more other persons of full age on any trusts shall operate as if the infant had not been named therein, but without prejudice to any beneficial interest in the land intended to be thereby provided for the infant.

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