Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000

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The Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 is a landmark Scottish statute that ended the historic feudal system of land ownership and modernized property law in Scotland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of the Scottish Parliament
Scottish statute
abolished feu duties
feudal casualties
feudal superiority
aim to create a simpler system of outright land ownership
appliesTo heritable property in Scotland
areaOfLaw land law
property law
classification public general Act
componentOf Scots property law reform programme
concerns land registration consequences
ownership of land
real burdens
country Scotland
describedAs landmark Scottish statute
field civil law
geographicalScope all of Scotland
historicalSignificance marked the formal end of feudal tenure in Scotland
implementedRecommendationOf Scottish Law Commission NERFINISHED
introducedBy Scottish Executive NERFINISHED
jurisdiction Scotland
language English
legalDomain domestic statute of Scotland
legalEffect ended the historic feudal system of land ownership in Scotland
simplified the structure of landownership in Scotland
transferred full ownership to former vassals
legalSystem Scots law NERFINISHED
legislature Scottish Parliament NERFINISHED
longTitle An Act of the Scottish Parliament to abolish the feudal system of land tenure and to make related provision about the law of property in Scotland
parliamentarySession first session of the Scottish Parliament
policyArea land reform
legal reform
purpose abolition of the feudal system of land tenure in Scotland
modernisation of property law in Scotland
reform abolition of superiority interests
conversion of feudal tenure into outright ownership
extinction of feudal burdens subject to replacement by real burdens
region United Kingdom
relatedLegislation Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 NERFINISHED
Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 NERFINISHED
shortTitle Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 NERFINISHED
status in force
subjectMatter feudal tenure
land ownership
real rights in land
typeOfReform structural reform of land tenure

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Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 relatedTo Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000
Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 complements Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000