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Customary Law Amendment (No. 2) (Jersey) Law 1984.

Country/Territory
Jersey (UK)
Document type
Legislation
Date
1984 (2004)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
A Law to abolish any rule of customary law providing for the annulment of contracts for the transfer of immovable property on the death of the transferor within 40 days of the passing of the contract.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Traditional rights/customary rights Inheritance Contract/agreement
Geographical area
Europe, North Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Law abolishes any rule of customary law affirming that a contract passed before the Royal Court for the transfer of immovable property may be annulled, at the instance of the heirs or devisees, as the case may be, of the transferor, if he or she dies within 40 days of the passing of the contract.

Full text
English
Website
www.jerseylaw.je