Duchy of Cornwall Management Act 1863

25 Leases not to be otherwise than for fixed Terms of Years except in certain Cases.U.K.

It shall not be lawful for the Duke of Cornwall at any Time hereafter to make any Grant of any Part of the Possessions of the Duchy of Cornwall for the Lives or Life of any Person or Persons, or for any Term of Years determinable with any Lives or Life other than the Lives or Life of some Person or Persons for whose Lives or Life some adjacent Lands, Parcel of the Possessions of the said Duchy, shall be held at the Time of the passing of this Act, and then not for any longer Term than Thirty-one Years, determinable with such last-mentioned Lives or Life.