Taluqdars and Grantees may transfer and bequeath
Section 11 of the Oudh Estates' Act, 1869 deals with taluqdars and Grantees may transfer and bequeath. Subject to the Provisions of this Act, and to all the conditions under which the estate was conferred by the British Government, every Taluqdar and Grantee, and every heir and legatee of a Taluqdar and Grantee, of sound mind and not a minor, shall be competent to transfer the whole or any portion of The Act was enacted on 12 Jan 1869.
Subject to the Provisions of this Act, and to all the conditions under which the estate was conferred by the British Government, every Taluqdar and Grantee, and every heir and legatee of a Taluqdar and Grantee, of sound mind and not a minor, shall be competent to transfer the whole or any portion of his estate, or of his right and interest therein, during his life-time, by sale, exchange, mortgage, lease or gift, and to bequeath by his will to any person the whole or any portion of such estate, right and interest.
A married woman may make a bequest under this Act of any property which she could alienate by her own act during her life.
Persons who are deaf or dumb or blind are not thereby incapacitated for making a transfer or bequest under this Act, if they are able to know what they do by it.
One who is ordinarily insane may make a transfer or bequest under this Act during an interval in which he is of sound mind.
No person can make a transfer or bequest under this Act while he is in such a state of mind, whether from drunkenness, or from illness, or from any other cause, that he does not know what he is doing.
A transfer and a will, or any part of a will, the making of which has been caused by fraud or coercion or by such importunity as takes away the free agency of the transferor or testator, is void.
Section 11, The Oudh Estates' Act, 1869 (Act 1 of 1869).
Questions about Section 11
What does Section 11 of the Oudh Estates' Act deal with?
Section 11 of the Oudh Estates' Act is headed "Taluqdars and Grantees may transfer and bequeath". Subject to the Provisions of this Act, and to all the conditions under which the estate was conferred by the British Government, every Taluqdar and Grantee, and every heir and legatee of a Taluqdar and Grantee, of sound mind and not a minor, shall be competent to transfer the whole or any portion of
How do I find court cases under Section 11 of the Oudh Estates' Act?
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When was Section 11 of the Oudh Estates' Act enacted?
Section 11 of the Oudh Estates' Act, cited as Oudh Estates Act 1869 11, was enacted on 12 Jan 1869 as Act 1 of 1869. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
Other sections of this Act
- 22. Special rules of succession to intestate Taluqdars and Grantees648 words
- 2. Interpretation - clause315 words
- 8. Preparation of lists of Taluqdars and Grantees240 words
- 25. Grandparents, parents, and senior widows. Junior widows221 words
- 3. Taluqdars to have heritable and transferable rights in their estates199 words
- 30. Alteration of rules of intestate succession in cases of Taluqdárs and Grantees named in list 3 or list 5199 words
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