Bermuda was first settled in 1609 by shipwrecked English colonists heading for Virginia. Self-governing since 1620, Bermuda is the oldest and most populous of the British overseas territories. Vacationing to the island to escape North American winters first developed in Victorian times. Tourism continues to be important to the island's economy, although international business has overtaken it in recent years. Bermuda has also developed into a highly successful offshore financial center. A referendum on independence from the UK was soundly defeated in 1995.
Bermuda is a parliamentary democracy and a self-governing overseas territory of the UK.
Source: CIA World Factbook
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Displaying 31 - 35 of 83Wills Act 1988.
This Act regulates inheritance by will of real estate and other property. The Act concerns, among other things: the drafting and interpretation of wills; the capacity to make wills; property disposable by will; validity of wills; and devise of real estate to more than one person.
Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009.
This Act: limits the application of the rule against perpetuities also in relation to lands; codifies the rule as it applies to charities; and amends the law relating to accumulations of income.
Survival of Action Act 1949.
This Act concerns survival of actions upon the death of a person for the benefit of his or her estate. The Act also concerns actions in tort against estate of deceased person.
Real Estate Assets Act 1996.
This Act provides that houses, lands and other hereditaments, and real estate in Bermuda and belonging to an indebted person, shall be liable to and chargeable with all established debts, duties and demands of what nature or kind soever, owing by such person to the State or any private person. The real estate may be used for the satisfaction of debts and shall be subject to remedies, proceedings and process, in any court in Bermuda, for seizing, extending, selling or disposing of such real estate, towards the satisfaction of debts, duties and demands.
Professional Surveyors Registration Regulations 2001.
These Regulations implement provisions of the Professional Surveyors Registration Act in relation to the application for registration as a registered surveyor or restoration of name in the register under sections 8 or 12 of the Act and to delivery of notices in writing. The Schedule to these Regulations sets out the form of application.
Implements: Professional Surveyors Registration Act 1996. (2004)