| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Acte against Fraudes, defeating Remedies for Dilapidations, &c. [b] |
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| Citation | 13 Eliz. 1. c. 10 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 29 May 1571 |
| Commencement | 29 May 1571 [c] |
| Repealed | 19 November 1998 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
| Text of the Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1571 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1571 (13 Eliz. 1. c. 10) was an act of the Parliament of England that provided that conveyances of estates by the masters, fellows, any college dean to anyone for anything other than a term of 21 years, or three lives (meaning three particular lives, such as to a person and then two of his heirs), ‘shall be utterly void’. The act was fought over in the Earl of Oxford's case (1615) which decided the precedence between the two main branches of the non-criminal law, which had mainly separate courts until the late 19th century.
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The act was continued until the end of the first session of the next parliament by the Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1623 (21 Jas. 1. c. 28).
What little remained in effect was repealed by section 1(1) of, and group 1 of part II of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 (c. 43).
