Limitation Act 1623
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1623 c. 16 |
(21 Ja. 1) C A P. XVI.
FOR quieting of Mens Estates, and avoiding of Suits, be it enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, That all Writs ofFormedon in Descender, Formedon in Remainder , and Formedon in Reverter, at any Time hereafterto be sued or brought, of or for any Manors, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, whereunto any Person or Persons now hath or have any Title, or Cause to have or pursue any such Writ, shall be sued and taken within twenty Years next after the End of this present Session of Parliament: Andafter the said twenty Years expired, no such Person or Persons, or any of their Heirs, shall have or maintain any such Writ, of or for any of the said Manors, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments; (2) and that all Writs ofFormedon in Descender, Formedon in Remainder , and Formedon in Reverter , of any Manors, Lands, Tenements, or other Hereditaments whatsoever, at any Time hereafter to be sued or brought by Occasion or Means of any Title or Cause hereafter happening, shall be sued and taken within twenty Years next after the Title and Cause of Action first descended or fallen, and at no Time after the said twenty Years; (3) and that no Person or Persons that now hath any Right or Title of Entryinto any Manors, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments now held from him or them, shall thereinto enter, but within twenty Years next after the End of this present Session of Parliament, or within twenty Years next after any other Title of Entry accrued, (4) and that no Person or Persons shall at any Time hereafter make any Entry into any Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, but within twenty Years next after his or their Right or Title which shall hereafter first descend or accrue to the same; and in default thereof, such Persons so not entering, and their Heirs, shall be utterly excluded and disabled from such Entry after to be made; any former Law or Statute to the contrary notwithstanding.
II Infants, Femes Covert, &c. excepted.
II. Provided nevertheless, That if any Person or Persons, that is or shall be entitled to such Writ or Writs, or that hath or shall have such Right or Title of Entry, be or shall be at the Time of the said Right or Title first descended, accrued, come or fallen, within the Age of one and twenty Years,Feme Covert, Non compos mentis...
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