STATUTES HISTORICALY SIGNIFICANT ENGLISH STATUTES SIGNIFICANT U.S. FEDERAL LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS STATUTORY REFERENCES IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA ENGLISH STATUTES A B C D E F G H I-K L M N O P R S T U-Z US STATUTES Public Acts and Codes Uniform Commercial Code Annotated (USCA) State Codes AUSTRALIAN STATUTES CANADIAN STATUTES & CODES NEW ZEALAND STATUTES FRENCH CODES & LEGISLATION French Civil Code Other French Codes French Laws & Decrees OTHER CODES 1 back to the top STATUTES HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT ENGLISH STATUTES De Donis Conditionalibus 1285 ................................................................................................................................. 5 Statute of Quia Emptores 1290 ................................................................................................................................ 5 Statute of Uses 1536.................................................................................................................................................. 5 Statute of Frauds 1676 ............................................................................................................................................. 6 SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANT ENGLISH STATUTES Housing Acts ................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Land Compensation Acts ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Landlord and Tenant Acts ....................................................................................................................................... 8 Law of Property Acts ................................................................................................................................................. 8 Public Health Acts ...................................................................................................................................................... 9 Rent Acts ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Statutes of Limitation ................................................................................................................................................ 10 Town and Country Planning Acts........................................................................................................................ 11 SIGNIFICANT U.S. FEDERAL LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 ......................................................................... 12 Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act of 2001 [BRERA] ...................... 12 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 [CERCLA] . 12 Condominium and Cooperative Abuse Relief Act of 1980 ...................................................................... 12 Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968 [CCPA] ...................................................................................... 13 Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ........................................................................................................... 13 Employee Retirement Income Securities Act of 1974 [ERISA]............................................................... 14 Fair Housing Act of 1968 ........................................................................................................................................ 14 2 back to the top STATUTES Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 [FIRREA] ...................... 14 Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 [FIRPTA] ........................................................ 15 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 [HMDA] ..................................................................................... 15 Housing Acts; Housing and Urban Development Acts .............................................................................. 15 Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act of 1968 [ILSFDA] ................................................................. 16 National Environment Policy Act [NEPA]........................................................................................................ 16 National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 [NHPA] ................................................................................. 16 Real Estate Settlement Procedure Act of 1974 [RESPA] ........................................................................... 16 Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 [RLUIPA] ......................................... 18 Securities Act of 1933 ............................................................................................................................................... 18 Securities Exchange Act of 1934.......................................................................................................................... 18 Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 ............................................................................................................................. 18 3 back to the top STATUTES U.S. UNIFORM CODES AND MODEL ACTS Model Eminent Domain Code ............................................................................................................................... 19 Model Land Sales Practices Act............................................................................................................................ 19 Model Marketable Title Act (MMTA) ............................................................................................................... 19 Model Real Estate Cooperative Act .................................................................................................................... 19 Model Real Estate Time-Share Act ..................................................................................................................... 19 Uniform Arbitration Act........................................................................................................................................... 20 Uniform Commercial Code .................................................................................................................................... 20 Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act ..................................................................................................... 20 Uniform Condominium Act .................................................................................................................................... 20 Uniform Conservation Easement Act ................................................................................................................. 21 Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act .............................................................................................. 21 Uniform Environmental Covenants Act ............................................................................................................ 22 Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) ............................................................................................... 21 Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act ............................................................................................................. 22 Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (UFTA) ...................................................................................................... 22 Uniform Land Transactions Act (ULTA) .......................................................................................................... 22 Uniform Limited Partnership ACT (ULPA) ..................................................................................................... 22 Uniform Mortgage Satisfaction Act.................................................................................................................... 22 Uniform Partnership Act .......................................................................................................................................... 22 Uniform Probate Code ............................................................................................................................................. 23 Unifrom Real Property Electronic Recording Act (URPERA) ................................................................ 23 Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (URLTA) .......................................................................... 23 Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities Act (USRPA) ..................................................................... 24 Uniform Vendor and Purchaser Risk Act ......................................................................................................... 24 Other biblio refs .......................................................................................................................................................... 24 4 back to the top STATUTES HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT ENGLISH STATUTES De Donis Conditionalibus 1285 Statute of Westminster II (13 Edw. I) (De Donis Conditionalibus being the opening of chapter I which dealt with conditional fee estates). The statute provided that when a person made a gift of land to “A and the heirs of his body” (or a similar devise) with the express condition that should the donee die without issue the land will then revert to the donor, this is