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The Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law of Succession) Act 2011 (c. 7) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom altering the rules on inheritance in England and Wales. Under the forfeiture rule of English common law, a person may not inherit from someone whom he or she has unlawfully killed.
The term also refers to the rule in English law under which an insured person who makes a fraudulent insurance claim loses their claim: this rule was derived from common law until the passage of the Insurance Act 2015, which "puts the common law rule of forfeiture on a statutory footing". [3]
The Forfeiture Act 1982 (c. 34) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which allows the court to relax or to set aside operation of the rigid common law rule where "the justice of the case" so requires (other than to benefit a murderer).
Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law of Succession) Act 2011; F. Fee tail; Forced heirship; ... Wills, Estates And Succession Act of British Columbia
The new law raises the standard of evidence for seizures, imposes stricter deadlines on law enforcement and requires the filing of affidavits of probable cause before forfeiture proceedings begin.
Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law of Succession) Act 2011; European Union Act 2011; F. Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011; L. Localism Act 2011; P.
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all existing rules of descent (whether arising from the common law, custom, gavelkind, Borough English or otherwise) tenancy by the curtesy and any other estate a husband may have where his wife dies intestate; dower, freebench and any other estate a wife may have where her husband dies intestate