Wills Act 1837

Wills Act 1837
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for the Amendment of the Laws with respect to Wills.
Citation	7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 26
Introduced by	Attorney General Sir John Campbell
Territorial extent	England and Wales; Northern Ireland;
Dates
Royal assent	3 July 1837
Commencement	1 January 1838
Repealed	28 August 2007 (in New Zealand)
Other legislation
Amends	Statute of Frauds
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1874; Family Law Reform Act 1969; Administration of Justice Act 1982; Family Law Act 1986; Law Reform (Succession) Act 1995;
Repealed by	Wills Act 2007 (New Zealand)
Relates to	Statute of Wills; Statute of Frauds; Wills (Soldiers and Sailors) Act 1918;
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Wills Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 26) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that confirms the power of every adult to dispose of their real and personal property, whether they are the outright owner or a beneficiary under a trust, by will on their death (s.3). The act extends to all testamentary dispositions or gifts, where "a person makes a disposition of his property to take effect after his decease, and which is in its own nature ambulatory and revocable during his life." As of 2012, much of it remains in force in England and Wales.