Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1884
59Land and interests therein lie in grant only
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59 Land and interests therein lie in grant only
[Section 59 Inserted by 26 Geo. V No. 97, s. 3 ]
(1) All lands and all interests therein lie in grant and are incapable of being conveyed by livery or livery and seisin or by feoffment, or by bargain and sale; and a conveyance of an interest in land may operate to pass the possession, or right to possession thereof, without actual entry, but subject to all prior rights thereto.
(2) The use of the word "grant" is not necessary to convey land or to create any interest therein.