25Courts of equity excluded from giving effect to dispositions which in courts of law would not be effectual

25 Courts of equity excluded from giving effect to dispositions which in courts of law would not be effectual

[Section 25 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 ]

(1)  In cases of dispositions of lands under this Act by tenants in tail thereof, and also in cases of consents by protectors of settlements to such dispositions, the jurisdiction of courts of equity shall be altogether excluded, either on behalf of a person claiming for valuable or meritorious consideration or not, in regard to the specific performance of contracts, and the supplying of defects in the execution either of the powers of disposition given by this Act to tenants in tail, or of the powers of consent given by this Act to protectors of settlements, and the supplying under any circumstances of the want of execution of such powers of disposition and consent respectively, and in regard to giving effect in any other manner to any act or deed by a tenant in tail or protector of a settlement which in a court of law would not be an effectual disposition or consent under this Act.

(2)  No disposition of lands under this Act by a tenant in tail thereof in equity, and no consent by a protector of a settlement to a disposition of lands under this Act by a tenant in tail thereof in equity, shall be of any force unless such disposition or consent would, in case of an estate tail at law, be an effectual disposition or consent under this Act in a court of law.