176 Power for tenant in tail in possession to dispose of property by specific devise or bequest
Law of Property Act 1925 (1925 c 20) | Legislation

176  Power for tenant in tail in possession to dispose of property by specific devise or bequest

(1)     A tenant in tail of full age shall have power to dispose by will, by means of a devise or bequest referring specifically either to the property or to the instrument under which it was acquired or to entailed property generally—

(a)     of all property of which he is tenant in tail in possession at his death; and

(b)     of money (including the proceeds of property

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