Acts and Regulations

D-9 - Devolution of Estates Act

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Personal representative deemed “heir”
7Where any part of the real property of a deceased person vests in his personal representative under this Act, in the interpretation of any Act of the Legislature or in the construction of any instrument to which the deceased was a party or under which he was interested, the personal representative shall, while the estate remains in him, be deemed in law the heir of the deceased as respects such part, unless a contrary intention appears; but nothing in this section affects the beneficial right to any property or the construction of words of limitation of any estate in or by a deed, will or other instrument.
R.S., c.62, s.7
Personal representative deemed “heir”
7Where any part of the real property of a deceased person vests in his personal representative under this Act, in the interpretation of any Act of the Legislature or in the construction of any instrument to which the deceased was a party or under which he was interested, the personal representative shall, while the estate remains in him, be deemed in law the heir of the deceased as respects such part, unless a contrary intention appears; but nothing in this section affects the beneficial right to any property or the construction of words of limitation of any estate in or by a deed, will or other instrument.
R.S., c.62, s.7