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Heir entitled under a Will shall take as Devisee, and a Limitation to the Grantor or his Heirs shall create an Estate by Purchase.
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III. And be it further enacted, That when any Land shall have been devised, by any Testator who shall die after the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, to the Heir or to the Person who shall be the Heir of such Testator, such Heir shall be considered to have acquired the Land as a Devisee, and not by Descent; and when any Land shall have been limited, by any Assurance executed after the said Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, to the Person or to the Heirs of the Person who shall thereby have conveyed the same Land, such Person shall be considered to have acquired the same as a Purchaser by virtue of such Assurance, and shall not be considered, to be entitled thereto as his former Estate or Part thereof.
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