Seignorial Rights
(Abolition) (Jersey) Law 1966
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Seignorial Rights
(Abolition) (Jersey) Law 1966
A LAW to abolish those seignorial
rights from which financial advantage accrues and to make provision in related
matters
Commencement
[see endnotes]
1 Abolition
of seignorial rights
(1) The following
seignorial rights are abolished –
(a) the
right of the année de succession;
(b) the
right to the possession of property during a décret.
(2) Whereas divers fiefs in
Jersey belong to His Majesty, the States have resolved humbly to pray that His
Most Excellent Majesty in Council may be pleased to consent to the application
of this Article to those fiefs.[1]
2 Escheat,
waifs and wreck[2]
The following rights heretofore vested in Seigneurs de Fiefs shall
vest in His Majesty –
(a) rights to property by
escheat (déshérence);
(b) rights to waifs or strays
(choses gaives), wrecks of the sea, flotsam,
jetsam and lagan (varech).
3 Abolition
of restriction on alienation or division of land or rentes
in relation to feudal services
Any restriction imposed on the alienation or division of land or rentes for the purpose of securing the performance of the services of prévot, sergent, bedel, halberdier
or any other feudal service is abolished.
4 Amendment
in relation to contracts
In all contracts of alienation or division of land, the vingtaine of
the parish, instead of the fief, where the land is situated shall be stated.
5 Abolition
of tavernage dues
Tavernage dues are abolished.
6 Citation
This Law may be cited as the Seignorial Rights (Abolition) (Jersey)
Law 1966.