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An Act for shortening the time of prescription in certain cases.
[1st August 1832]
Whereas the expression “time immemorial, or time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary,” is now by the Law of England in many cases considered to include and denote the whole period of time from the Reign of King Richard the First, whereby the title to matters that have been long enjoyed is sometimes defeated by shewing the commencement of such enjoyment, which is in many cases productive of inconvenience and injustice;
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Short title “The Prescription Act 1832” given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2Act saved by Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20), s. 12; amended by Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64), s. 16(1)
C3Words of enactment and certain other words repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1888 (c. 57) and Statute Law Revision Act 1890 (c. 33)
C4This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland
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