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sec.14Abolition of obsolete estates and rules
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### sec.14 Abolition of obsolete estates and rules
The following estates can not be created—
an estate tail;
a quasi-entail.
In a document, words that, apart from this section, would have created an estate tail are taken to create an estate in fee simple.
The rule known as the rule in Shelley’s Case is abolished.
(sec.14-ssec.1) The following estates can not be created— an estate tail; a quasi-entail.
(sec.14-ssec.2) In a document, words that, apart from this section, would have created an estate tail are taken to create an estate in fee simple.
(sec.14-ssec.3) The rule known as the rule in Shelley’s Case is abolished.
- (a) an estate tail;
- (b) a quasi-entail.