☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Statute of Wills

The English statute of 1540 allowing landowners to dispose of their land by will for the first time — previously, land could only be transferred during the owner's lifetime.

Category: English Legal History · Source: 32 Hen. VIII c. 1 (1540)
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