Westminster, Second Statute of

Westminster, Second Statute of
An English law enacted in 1285 that converted estates in fee simple conditional into estates in fee entail and rendered them inalienable, thereby strengthening the power of the nobility.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


Westminster, Second Statute of
An English law enacted in 1285 that converted estates in fee simple conditional into estates in fee entail and rendered them inalienable, thereby strengthening the power of the nobility.

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