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Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1884
80Contingent and certain other interests made alienable by deed: Protection against failure of reversion
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### 80 Contingent and certain other interests made alienable by deed: Protection against failure of reversion
> *\[Section 80 Inserted by 26 Geo. V No. 97, s. 3 \]*
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> > (1) A contingent, an executory, and a future interest, and a possibility coupled with an interest, in any tenements or hereditaments of any tenure, whether the object of the gift or limitation of such interest or possibility be or be not ascertained, also a right of entry whether immediate or future, and whether vested or contingent, into or upon any tenements or hereditaments of any tenure, may be disposed of by deed, but no such disposition shall by force only of this Act defeat or enlarge an estate tail.
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> > (2) A contingent remainder shall be capable of taking effect notwithstanding the determination by forfeiture, surrender, or merger of any preceding estate of freehold, in the same manner in all respects as if such determination had not happened.