Conveyancing and Lawof Property Act 1886 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 11 · Construction and Effect of Deeds Andother Instruments
55. Words of limitation unnecessary
Feedback & supportIt shall not be necessary in any deed relating to land to add words of limitation to heirs when the intention is to give the absolute interest to a person and his heirs general, but a gift, grant or other conveyance of land to or in favour of any person shall be taken to give him the entire and absolute interest in the nature of an estate in fee simple unless such a construction is rendered inadmissible by the other contents of the deed.
land
“land” includes land freehold and leasehold, or of whatever tenure, and tenements and hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal, and houses and other buildings, and also an undivided share in land; In relation to land;
This section shall apply to deeds executed before, on or after 1 August 1886.