An act for vesting in commissioners the estates of certain traitors, and also the estates of persons declared aliens, by an act passed in the fifty-fourth year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An act to declare certain persons therein described aliens, and to vest their estates in his Majesty, and for applying the proceeds thereof towards compensating the losses which his Majesty’s subjects have sustained in consequence of the late war, and for ascertaining and satisfying the lawful debts and claims thereupon.” (Passed November 27, 1818.)
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Province
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Chapter58 George III – Chapter 12 (Session 3)
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Year1818
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Concepts
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Jurisdictional Relevance
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Number of Articles21
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DescriptionThis act invests property seized by those who have been deemed traitors to the crown due to their actions in the war of 1812 into the care of commissioners, and clarifies how these various properties are to be managed.
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SourceNot available