The Cestui que vie Act 1540 (32 Hen. 8. c. 37) was an act of the Parliament of England.
Subsequent developments Sections 1 to 3 were repealed by section 56 of, and part I of schedule 2 to, the Administration of Estates Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 23), which came into force on 1 January 1926.
The words from "and the avowry" to the end of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62), which came into force on 30 July 1948.
The whole act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and part III of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969, which came into force on 1 January 1970.
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References Halsbury's Statutes