177 *infants' Settlements

• Author: Ralph Hone
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CHAPTER 177.

INFANTS' SETTLEMENTS.

AN ACT TO ENABLE INFANTS, WITH THE THE COURT OF CHANCERY, TO SETTLEMENTS OF THEIR REAL ESTATE ON MARRIAGE.

APPROBATION OF MAKE BINDING AND PERSONAL 18 & 19 Vict., c. 43 extended by 23 of 1860.

[2nd July 1855.1 [This Act may be cited as The Infants' Settlements Act.] 1. It shall be lawful for every Infant upon or in contemplation of his or her Marriage, with the Sanction of the Court of Chancery, to make a valid and binding Settlement or Contract for a Settlement of all or any Part of his or her Property, or Property over which he or she has any Power of Appointment, whether Real or Personal, and whether in Possession, Reversion, Remainder, or Expectancy; and every Conveyance, Appointment, and Assignment of such Real or Personal Estate, or Contract to make a Conveyance, Appointment, or Assignment thereof, executed by such Infant, with the Approbation of the said Court, for the Purpose of giving Effect to such Settlement, shall be as valid and effectual as if the Person executing the same were of the full Age of Twenty-One Years:

Provided always that this Enactment shall not extend to Powers of which it is expressly declared that they shall not be exercised by an Infant.

2. Provided always that in case any Appointment under a Power of Appointment, or any disentailing Assurance, shall have been executed by any Infant Tenant in Tail under the Provisions of this Act, and such Infant shall afterwards die under Age, such Appointment or disentailing Assurance shall thereupon become absolutely void.

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