Act of Parliament | |
Citation | 17 & 18 Vict. c. 117 |
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Dates | |
Royal assent | 11 August 1854 |
Commencement | 2 February 1857 (St. Vincent) |
West Indian Incumbered Estates Act 1858 | |
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Act of Parliament | |
Long title | An Act to amend "The West Indian Incumbered Estates Act, 1854." |
Citation | 21 & 22 Vict. c. 96 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 2 August 1858 |
Other legislation | |
Amended by | Statute Law Revision Act 1875 |
West Indian Incumbered Estates Act 1862 | |
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Act of Parliament | |
Long title | An Act to amend "The West Indian Incumbered Estates Acts, 1854 and 1858." |
Citation | 25 & 26 Vict. c. 45 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 17 July 1862 |
West Indian Incumbered Estates Act 1864 | |
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Act of Parliament | |
Long title | An Act to amend "The West Indian Incumbered Estates Acts." |
Citation | 27 & 28 Vict. c. 108 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 29 July 1864 |
West Indies (Encumbered Estates) Act 1872 | |
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Act of Parliament | |
Long title | An Act to continue the Appointment and Jurisdiction of the Commissioners for the Sale of Incumbered Estates in the West Indies. |
Citation | 35 & 36 Vict. c. 9 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 13 May 1872 |
Other legislation | |
Amended by | Statute Law Revision Act 1883 |
West Indian Incumbered Estates Act 1886 | |
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Act of Parliament | |
Citation | 49 & 50 Vict. c. 36 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 25 June 1886 |
The West Indian Incumbered Estates Acts were Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of 1854, 1858, 1862, 1864, 1872, and 1886 that allowed creditors and other interested parties to apply for the sale of estates (plantations) in the British colonies in the West Indies despite legal encumbrances that would normally prevent such a sale. The legislation was modelled on the acts that created the Irish Encumbered Estates' Court after the Great Famine of the 1840s that allowed indebted and moribund estates to be sold.