Limitation Act 1953 · Updated to 1 Sep 2019 · Part II
20. Limitation of actions to recover rent
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ACTIONS TO RECOVER MONEY SECURED BY
MORTGAGE OR CHARGE OR TO RECOVER
PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF LAND
land
“land” includes things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth, rent charges and any legal or equitable estate or interest in land including an interest in the proceeds of sale of land held upon trust for sale but save as aforesaid does not include any right of way, easement, servitude, profit over or in respect of land, or right in the nature of an easement, servitude or profit over or in respect of land, or any other incorporeal hereditament;
Limitation of actions to recover money secured by a mortgage or charge or to recover proceeds of the sale of land