Administration of Estates Act 1925
- 13 Edw. 1. c. 19
- 13 Edw. 1. c. 23
- 25 Edw. 1. c. 7.
- Statute concerning tenants by the Curtesy of England
- 4 Edw. 3. c. 7
- 25 Edw. 3 Stat. 5. c. 5
- 31 Edw. 3 Stat. 1. c. 11
- 21 Hen. 8. c. 4
- 21 Hen. 8. c. 5
- 43 Eliz. 1. Fraudulent Administration of Intestates' Goods Act 1601 c. 8
- Statute of Distribution
- Statute of Frauds
- 30 Cha. 2. Executors of Executors (Waste) Act 1678 c. 7
- 1 Ja. 2. c. 17
- Administration of Estates Act 1798
- Administration of Estates Act 1833
- Administration of Estates Act 1868
- Debts Recovery Act 1830
- Debts Recovery Act 1838
- Debts Recovery Act 1848
- Dower Act 1833
- Executors Act 1830
- Intestates Estates Act 1884
- Intestates Estates Act 1890
- Real Estate Charges Act 1854
- Real Estate Charges Act 1867
The Administration of Estates Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 23) is an act passed in 1925 by the British Parliament that consolidated, reformed, and simplified the rules relating to the administration of estates in England and Wales.
Principal reforms
All authority that a personal representative had with respect to chattels real (such as fixtures) was extended to cover any matter dealing with real estate as well.[1]
With respect to the property of any estate (excepting entailed interests), there were abolished:[2]
- all existing rules of descent (whether arising from the common law, custom, gavelkind, Borough English or otherwise)
- tenancy by the curtesy and any other estate a husband may have where his wife dies intestate
- dower, freebench and any other estate a wife may have where her husband dies intestate
- escheat to the Crown, the Duchy of Lancaster, the Duchy of Cornwall, or to a mesne lord
The rules governing the distribution of intestate estates were replaced by a single statutory framework.[3]
Later significant amendments
The Act has been subsequently amended in certain respects by the following:
- Intestates' Estates Act 1952
- Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
- Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law of Succession) Act 2011
- Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Act 2014
In fiction
The Act plays a major role (as the 'Property Act') in the 1927 mystery novel Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers, its commencement with respect to intestate estates providing the motive for a seemingly motiveless murder which Lord Peter Wimsey must solve.
See also
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