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Revenue, Friendly Societies, and National Debt Act 1882

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24Removal of doubts as to Crown rights to escheats, fines, and recognisances within certain liberties of the Duchy of Lancaster

Whereas doubts have arisen as to whether the right of Her Majesty to certain escheats, forfeitures, personal estate of intestates, fines, and recognisances, herein-after mentioned, is vested in Her Majesty in right of Her Crown or in right of Her Duchy of Lancaster, and it is expedient to remove such doubts.

Be it therefore enacted as follows :—

Such rights of Her Majesty as are herein-after mentioned shall be deemed to have been vested in Her Majesty in right of Her Crown as from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.

Forthwith after the passing of this Act the Treasury shall cause a sum of fifteen thousand pounds to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund or out of the growing produce thereof to the Receiver General of the revenues of the Duchy of Lancaster, or his deputy or deputies, and such sum shall be applied in .like manner as sums arising from the sale of any part of the possessions of the Duchy of Lancaster are applied under the [18 & 19 Vict. c. 55.] Duchy of Lancaster Lands Act, 1855, and the provisions of that Act shall apply in like manner as if such sum were purchase money for land sold under the authority of that Act.

The rights of Her Majesty to which this section applies are :—

(a)Any right vested in Her Majesty to any escheat or forfeiture of land lying within any liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster which is not situated in the county of Lancaster, not being an escheat or forfeiture of land holden of any manor vested in Her Majesty in right of Her Duchy of Lancaster ;

(b)Any right vested in Her Majesty to the personal estate of any person dying intestate and without next of kin who is domiciled within any such liberty;

(c)Any right vested in Her Majesty to any sum arising from a fine imposed on or estreated recognisance acknowledged by any person residing within any such liberty.

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