Statute of Distribution


The Statute of Distribution was an Act of the Parliament of England in 1670. It deals with the administration of intestate estates. It was made perpetual by Administration of Intestates' Estate Act 1685.
The whole Act, so far as it applied to deaths occurring after the commencement of the Administration of Estates Act 1925, was repealed by of, and Part I of to, the Administration of Estates Act 1925.
For the construction of references to Statutes of Distribution, see of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 and of the Administration of Estates Act 1955.