Cestui que Vie Act 1707

Cestui que Vie Act 1707 ^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for the more effectual Discovery of the Death of Persons pretended to be alive to the prejudice of those who claim Estates after their Deaths. [b]
Citation	6 Ann. c. 72 [c] 6 Ann. c. 18 [d]
Territorial extent	Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent	20 March 1708
Commencement	23 October 1707
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1888 Short Titles Act 1896 Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 Statute Law Revision Act 1948 Constitutional Reform Act 2005
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Cestui que Vie Act 1707 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Cestui que Vie Act 1707 (6 Ann. c. 72) ^[c] is an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

The act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010, ^[1] although according to the government website link given below, there are no known outstanding effects from the act, and the only text that has not been repealed is in the nature of a preamble.

Notes

1. The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
2. These words are printed against this act in the second column of the first schedule to the Short Titles Act 1896, which is headed "Title".
3. This is the citation in The Statutes of the Realm
4. This is the citation in The Statutes at Large

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,

1. The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN   978-0-11-840509-6. Part I. Page 79, read with pages viii and x.

External links

• Text of the Cestui que Vie Act 1707 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk .