Cestui que vie Act 1540 explained

Short Title:	Cestui que vie Act 1540^[1]
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of England
Long Title:	For recovering of Arrerages by Executors & Administrators.^[2]
Year:	1540
Citation:	32 Hen. 8. c. 37
Royal Assent:	24 July 1540
Amendments:	Statute Law Revision Act 1888
Repealing Legislation:	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969
Status:	Repealed

The Cestui que vie Act 1540 (32 Hen. 8. c. 37) was an act of the Parliament of England.

Sections 1 to 3 were repealed by section 56 of, and part I of schedule 2 to, the Administration of Estates Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 23).

The words from "and the avowry" to the end of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and part III of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969.

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,

Notes and References

1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. 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 Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".