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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
> *\[Section 59 Inserted by 26 Geo. V No. 97, s. 3 \]*
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> > (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.
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> > (2) The use of the word "grant" is not necessary to convey land or to create any interest therein.