Entail (Scotland) Act 1882

2. Introductory Text

1. Short title.

3. 2. Definitions.

4. 3. Heirs under new entails may disentail with the same consents as heirs under old entails.

5. 4. Heirs under new entails may sell, lease, feu, and charge on the same conditions as heirs under old entails.

6. 5. Applications for authority to charge for improvements and grant leases may be made in the sheriff court.

7. 6. Provisions for applications for authority to borrow, charge, lease, and feu.

8. 7. Improvements chargeable on estate to be deducted from valuation.

9. 8. Leases may be granted at diminished rent.

10. 9. Lease may be renewed two years before expiration.

11. 10. Charge upon a disentailed estate may be transferred to another estate entailed on same series of heirs.

12. 11. Applications may be made by guardians on behalf of minors and persons under disability.

13. 12. Curator to be appointed to persons unable to consent.

14. 13. Consent of nearest heir may be valued and dispensed with.

15. 14. Procedure when heir in possession has disappeared.

16. 15. Consent of heir who has disappeared.

17. 16. Provision for disposal of fund deposited or invested.

18. 17. Settlements by marriage contract not to be disappointed.

19. 18. Powers of creditors of heir entitled to disentail.

20. 19. Application for order of sale.

21. 20. Procedure.

22. 21. Order of sale.

23. 22. Court may prescribe manner of sale.

24. 23. Price to be consigned. Where price paid in consols, dividends to be paid to applicant and his successors. Where estate encumbered. Where applicant desires investment, trustees may be appointed.Powers of trustees. Purchase of lands. Price may be applied to improvements. Investment after applicant’s death. Costs of application.

25. 24. Provisions to husbands, wives, and children, &c. to be secured upon the fund.

26. 25. Disposition to be granted at sight of Court.

27. 26. Money in trust for purchase of land to be entailed.

28. 27. Price of land sold to remain entailed estate.

29. 28. Investment of entailed money.

30. 29. Deeds granted under authority of Court to be final.

31. 30. Act to apply to future entails.

32. 1. SCHEDULE

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