Mortmain and Charitable Uses Act 1888

Mortmain and Charitable Uses Act 1888
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Mortmain and to the disposition of Land for Charitable Uses.
Citation51 & 52 Vict. c. 42
Introduced byHardinge Giffard, 1st Baron Halsbury (Lords)
Territorial extent England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent13 August 1888
Commencement13 August 1888
Repealed29 July 1960
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Repealed byCharities Act 1960
Status: Repealed
History of passage through Parliament
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Mortmain and Charitable Uses Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 42), also known as the Charitable Trusts Act 1888, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to charities in England and Wales.