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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 

The United Kingdom has three property law systems: Scotland, England and Wales, and Northern Ireland. There is little similarity between the property laws of Scotland on the one hand and England and Wales on the other; Northern Irish law is broadly similar to English.

The property law of Scotland derives originally from feudal law, but has been extensively modified by modern statute.

The property law of England and Wales derives not from the Roman law, but from the English common law tradition, which has its root in the feudal system of land ownership of the middle ages. This accounts for the large number of different kinds of interests ("estates") that one can have in a given piece of English or Welsh land.

See also

• Find the notion "Property Law" in the UK legal internet