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Administration and Probate Act 1935
6Interpretation in this Part of "real estate"
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### 6 Interpretation in this Part of "real estate"
> > (1) In this Part ***real estate*** includes –
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> > > > (a) chattels real, and land in possession, remainder, or reversion, and every interest in or over land to which a deceased person was entitled at the time of his death; and
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> > > > (b) real estate held on trust or by way of mortgage of security, but not money to arise under a trust for sale of land, nor money secured or charged on land.
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> > (2) A testator shall be deemed to have been entitled at his death to any interest in real estate passing under any gift contained in his will which operates as an appointment under a general power to appoint by will.
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> > (3) An entailed interest of a deceased person shall be deemed an interest ceasing on his death, but any further or other interest of the deceased in the same property in remainder or reversion which is capable of being disposed of by his will shall not be deemed to be an interest so ceasing.
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> > (4) The interest of a deceased person under a joint tenancy where another tenant survives the deceased is an interest ceasing on his death.
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> > (5) On the death of a corporator sole his interest in the corporation's real and personal estate shall be deemed to be an interest ceasing on his death and shall devolve to his successor.