Fraudulent Conveyances Act 1571
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1571 c. 5 |
(13 Eliz. 1) C A P. V.
'F O R the Avolishing and Abolishing of feigned, covinous and fraudulent Feoffments, Gifts, Grants, Alienations, Conveyances, Bonds, Suits, Judgments and Executions, as well of Lands and Tenements as of Goods and Chattels, more commonly used and practised in there Days than hath been seen or heard of heretofore: (2) Which Feoffments, Gifts, Grants, Alienations, Conveyances, Bonds, Suits, Judgments and Executions, have been and are devised and contrived of Malice, Fraud, Covin, Collusion or Guile, to the End, Purpose and Intent, to delay, hinder or defraud Creditors and others of their just and lawful Actions, Suits, Debts, Accounts, Damages, Penalties, Forfeitures, Heriots, Mortuaries and Reliefs, not only to the Let or Hinderance of the due Course and Execution of Law and Justice, but also to the Overthrow of all true and plain Dealing, Bargaining and Chevisance between Man and Man, without the which no Common wealth or civil Society can be maintained or continued:'
II All fraudulent Conveyances made to avoid the Debt or Duty of others shall be void. Rast. 207.
II. Be it therefore declared, ordained and enacted by the Authority of this present Parliament, That all and every Feoffment, Gift, Grant, Alienation, Bargain and Conveyance of Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Goods and Chattels, or of any of them, or of any Lease, Rent, Common or other Profit or Charge out of the same Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Goods and Chattels, or any of them, by Writing or otherwise, (2) and all and every Bond Suit, Judgment and Execution, at any Time had or made sithence the Biginning of the Queen's Majesty's Reign that now is, or at any Time hereafter to be had or made, (3)to or for any Intent or Purpose before declared and expressed, shall he from henceforth deemed and taken (only as against that Person or Persons, his or their Heirs, Successors, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, and every of them, whose Actions, Suits, Debts, Accounts, Damages, Penalties, Forfeitures, Heriots, Mortuaries and Reliefs, by such guileful, covinous or fraudulent Devices and Practices, as is aforesaid, are, shall or might be in any ways disturbed, hindred, delayed or defrauded) to be clearly and utterly void, frustrate and of none Effect; any Pretence, Colour...
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