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The Law Reports (Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division)

[1962] P 181

[PROBATE DIVORCE & ADMIRALTY DIVISION]

COOK v. COOK.

1961 Dec. 21.

Phillimore J.

Husband and Wife — Settlement — Variation — Meaning of “settlement” — Purchase of house for matrimonial home — Conveyance in name of husband only — Wife contributing towards purchase price — Whether a post-nuptial settlement — Matrimonial Causes Act, 1950 (14 Geo. 6, c. 25), s. 25 — Settled Land Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 18), s. 117 (1) — Law of Property Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 20), s. 205 (1).

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