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Conformity of eldest son, as by 2 Anne c. 6. f. 3. or other act, shall not alter popish parents estate.
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VI. And whereas by an act made in this kingdom in the second year of the reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, entitled, An act to prevent the further growth of popery, it is amongst other things enacted to the effect following; in case the eldest son and heir of a popish parent shall be a protestant, that from the time of the enrolment in the chancery of a certificate of the bishop of the diocese, testifying his being a protestant and conforming himself to the church of Ireland as by law established, such papist parent shall become and be only tenant for life of all the real estate, whereof such popish parent shall be then seized in fee tail or fee simple, and the reversion in fee shall be vested in such eldest son, being a protestant subject, as in the said act is mentioned: and whereas it is found inexpedient to continue any longer that part of the said recited act: be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the first day of November one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight the conformity of the eldest son, and the filing of the bishop’s certificate, and performing the requisites by that act or any other act required in that respect, shall not affect or alter the estate of any popish parent by making such popish parent become tenant for life, or by vesting a reversion or estate in such eldest son; but such popish parent shall remain seized and possessed of the same estate and interest in all and every his or her real estate, as he or she would have been, if such eldest son had not conformed, or the said act of the second of Queen Anne had not been made.
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