Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1881

An Act for simplifying and improving the practice of Conveyancing; and for vesting in Trustees, Mortgagees, and others various powers commonly conferred by provisions inserted in Settlements, Mortgages, Wills, and other Instruments; and for amending in various particulars the Law of Property; and for other purposes.

[22nd August 1881.]

Sections

Section 1 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Short title ; commencement ; extent.

Section 2 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Interpretation of property, land, &c.

Section 3 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Application of stated conditions of sale to all purchases.

Section 4 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Completion of contract after death.

Section 5 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Provision by Court for incumbrances, and sale freed therefrom.

Section 6 Conveyancing Act 1881 – General words in conveyances of land, buildings, or manor.

Section 7 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Covenants for title to be implied.

Section 8 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Rights of purchaser as to execution.

Section 9 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Acknowledgment of right to production, and undertaking for safe custody of documents.

Section 10 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Rent and benefit of lessees covenants to run with reversion.

Section 11 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Obligation of lessors covenants to run with reversion.

Section 12 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Apportionment of conditions on severance, &c.

Section 13 Conveyancing Act 1881 – On sub-demise, title to leasehold reversion not to be required.

Section 14 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Restrictions on and relief against forfeiture of leases.

Section 15 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Obligation on mortgagee to transfer instead of re-conveying.

Section 16 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Power for mortgagor to inspect title deeds.

Section 17 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Restriction on consolidation of mortgages.

Section 18 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Leasing powers of mortgagor and of mortgagee in possession.

Section 19 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Powers incident to estate or interest of mortgagee.

Section 20 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Regulation of exercise of power of sale.

Section 21 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Conveyance, receipt, &c. on sale.

Section 22 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Mortgagee’s receipts, discharges, &c.

Section 23 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Amount and application of insurance money.

Section 24 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Appointment, powers, remuneration, and duties of receiver.

Section 25 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Sale of mortgaged property in action for foreclosure, &c.

Section 26 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Form of statutory mortgage in schedule.

Section 27 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Forms of statutory transfer of mortgage in schedule.

Section 28 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Implied covenants, joint and several.

Section 29 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Form of re-conveyance of statutory mortgage in schedule.

Section 30 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Devolution of trust and mortgage estates on death.

Section 31 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Appointment of new trustees, vesting of trust property, &c.

Section 32 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Retirement of trustee.

Section 33 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Power of new trustee appointed by court.

Section 34 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Vesting of trust property in new or continuing trustees.

Section 35 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Power for trustees for sale to sell by auction, &c.

Section 36 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Trustees receipts.

Section 37 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Power for executors and trustees to compound, &c.

Section 38 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Powers to two or more executors or trustees.

Section 39 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Power for court to bind interest of married woman.

Section 40 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Power of attorney of married woman.

Section 41 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Sales and leases on behalf of infant owner.

Section 42 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Management of land and receipt and application of income during minority.

Section 43 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Application by trustees of income of property of infant for maintenance, &c.

Section 44 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Remedies for recovery of annual sums charged on land.

Section 45 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Redemption of quitrents and other perpetual charges.

Section 46 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Execution under power of attorney.

Section 47 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Payment by attorney under power without notice of death, &c. good.

Section 48 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Deposit of original instruments creating powers of attorney.

Section 49 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Use of word grant unnecessary.

Section 50 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Conveyance by a person to himself, &c.

Section 51 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Words of limitation in fee or in tail.

Section 52 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Powers simply collateral.

Section 53 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Construction of supplemental or annexed deed.

Section 54 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Receipt in deed sufficient.

Section 55 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Receipt in deed or indorsed, evidence for subsequent purchaser.

Section 56 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Receipt in deed or indorsed, authority for payment to solicitor.

Section 57 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Sufficiency of forms in Fourth Schedule.

Section 58 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Covenants to bind heirs, &c.

Section 59 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Covenants to extend to heirs, &c.

Section 60 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Effect of covenant with two or more jointly.

Section 61 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Effect of advance or joint account, &c.

Section 62 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Grants of easements, &c. by way of use.

Section 63 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Provision for all the estate, &c.

Section 64 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Construction of implied covenants.

Section 65 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Enlargement of residue of long term into fee simple.

Section 66 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Protection of solicitor and trustees adopting Act.

Section 67 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Regulations respecting notice.

Section 68 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Short title of 5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 62.

Section 69 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Regulations respecting payments into court and applications.

Section 70 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Orders of Court conclusive.

Section 71 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Repeal of enactments in Part III. of Second Schedule ; restriction on all appeals.

Section 72 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Modifications respecting Ireland.

Section 73 Conveyancing Act 1881 – Death of bare trustee intestate, &c.

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Schedules – (Not Available)

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See also: Conveyancing Act 1882