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In English law, heirs of the body is the principle that certain types of property pass to a descendant of the original holder, recipient or grantee according to a fixed order of kinship. Upon the death of the grantee, a designated inheritance such as a parcel of land, a peerage, or a monarchy, passes automatically to that living, legitimate, natural descendant of the grantee who is most senior in descent according to primogeniture, males being preferred, however, over their sisters regardless of relative age; and thereafter the property continues to pass to subsequent descendants of the grantee, according to the same formula, upon the death of each subsequent heir. Baronies created by writ of summons to Parliament usually descend to heirs of the body of the grantee, and may thus be inherited by females. By the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701 and the Acts of Union 1707, the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland descends to heirs of the body of the E...

Former United Kingdom law disqualifying Catholic monarchs For other acts with similar titles, see Act of Settlement (disambiguation). The Act of Settlement [1] Parliament of England Long title An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject Citation 12 and 13 Will 3 c. 2 Territorial extent England and Ireland initially   Kingdom of England (1701–1707) Kingdom of Ireland (1701–1800; extended by the Parliament of England to the Kingdom of Ireland)   Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800)   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1922–present) Canada (1867–1931; became a separate law of Canada as a consequence of Order in Council P.C. 3144 and the Succession to the Throne Act 1937) [2] [3] [4] Commonwealth of Australia (1901–42; became a separate law of Australia as a consequence of the Statute of Westminster Adopt...