Administration of Estates Act 1925

Administration of Estates Act 1925

The Administration of Estates Act 1925 is a law in the United Kingdom which changed the rule of inheritance from primogeniture to that of modern day norms. The act was passed in 1925.

In Sigsworth, Re, Bedford v Bedford (1935), it was interpreted using the Golden rule.

ee also

*Administration of an estate on death


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