De donis conditionalibus

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Estates Tail Act 1285

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	De donis conditionalibus.
Citation	13 Edw. 1. c. 1
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

De donis conditionalibus or the Estates Tail Act 1285 is a chapter of the English Statutes of Westminster (1285).^[1] It originated the law of entail – forbidding a landholder to sell his land except to his heirs.