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The Statute of Wills (32 Hen. 8, c. 1 – enacted in 1540) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it possible, for the first time in post-Conquest English history, for landholders to determine who would inherit their land upon their death by permitting devise by will. Prior to the enactment of this statute, land could be passed by descent only if and when the landholder had competent living relatives who survived him, and it was subject to the rules of primogeniture. When a landholder died without any living relatives, his land would escheat to the Crown. The statute was something of a political compromise between Henry VIII and English landowners, who were growing increasingly frustrated with primogeniture and royal control of land.

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rdfs:label	Statute of Wills (en)
rdfs:comment	The Statute of Wills (32 Hen. 8, c. 1 – enacted in 1540) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it possible, for the first time in post-Conquest English history, for landholders to determine who would inherit their land upon their death by permitting devise by will. Prior to the enactment of this statute, land could be passed by descent only if and when the landholder had competent living relatives who survived him, and it was subject to the rules of primogeniture. When a landholder died without any living relatives, his land would escheat to the Crown. The statute was something of a political compromise between Henry VIII and English landowners, who were growing increasingly frustrated with primogeniture and royal control of land. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	England and Wales Primogeniture Acts of the Parliament of England (1485–1603) Common law Will and testament James E. Krier Jesse Dukeminier Statute of Uses Escheat Wills and trusts in the United Kingdom Parliament of England Legal history of wills Henry VIII of England History of England The Crown Act of Parliament Legal history of England Holographic will 1540 in England 1540 in law Cestui que Uniform Probate Code Testator Wills Act 1837 Will (law)
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related legislation	Statute of Uses
territorial extent	England and Wales (en)
long title	The Act of Wills, Wards, and Primer Seisins, whereby a Man may devise Two Parts of his Land. (en)
parliament	Parliament of England (en)
short title	Statute of Wills (en)
status	Repealed (en)
year	1540 (xsd:integer)
has abstract	The Statute of Wills (32 Hen. 8, c. 1 – enacted in 1540) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it possible, for the first time in post-Conquest English history, for landholders to determine who would inherit their land upon their death by permitting devise by will. Prior to the enactment of this statute, land could be passed by descent only if and when the landholder had competent living relatives who survived him, and it was subject to the rules of primogeniture. When a landholder died without any living relatives, his land would escheat to the Crown. The statute was something of a political compromise between Henry VIII and English landowners, who were growing increasingly frustrated with primogeniture and royal control of land. The Statute of Wills created a number of requirements for the form of a will, many of which, as of 2022, survive in common law jurisdictions. Specifically, most jurisdictions still require that a will must be in writing, signed by the testator (the person making the will) and witnessed by at least two other persons. The Uniform Probate Code in the United States carries forward the two witness requirement of the Statute of Wills, at Section 2-502., except that a document is valid as a holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if the signature and material portions of the document are in the testator's handwriting. In England and Wales, the Statute of Wills was repealed and superseded by the Wills Act 1837. (en)
commencement	1540 (xsd:integer)
repeal date	1838-01-01 (xsd:date)
repealing legislation	Wills Act 1837, s.2 (en)
royal assent	1540 (xsd:integer)
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