Duchy of Lancaster Act 1779
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Long titleAn Act to enable the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of Lancaster to sell and dispose of Fee-farm Rents and other Rents and to enfranchise Copyhold and Customary Tenements within their Survey and to encourage the Growth of Timber on Lands held of the said Duchy.[b]
Territorial extentGreat Britain
Royal assent18 May 1779
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| Long title | An Act to enable the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of Lancaster to sell and dispose of Fee-farm Rents and other Rents and to enfranchise Copyhold and Customary Tenements within their Survey and to encourage the Growth of Timber on Lands held of the said Duchy.[b] |
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| Citation | 19 Geo. 3. c. 45 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
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| Royal assent | 18 May 1779 |
| Commencement | 26 November 1778[c] |
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Status: Amended | |
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The Duchy of Lancaster Act 1779[a] (19 Geo. 3. c. 45) is an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
As of 2025[update], the act is partly in force in Great Britain.[1]
The following enactments were repealed by section 1(1) of, and group 3 of part VII of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989:
- Sections 4 and 6
- Section 7 from "and also" to "for ever"
- Sections 8, 9 and 11
- Section 12 so far as it related to assurances for enfranchisement
- Section 13 from "or by the enfranchisement" to "hereditaments"
