A Treatise on the Law of Wills and Codicils, Volume 1J. Butterworth, 1815 |
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... whole was at his own disposal . The shares of the wife and children were called their reasonable parts , and the writ de rationabili parte bonorum , was given to recover them . In the reign of Edward the Third , this right of the wife ...
... whole was at his own disposal . The shares of the wife and children were called their reasonable parts , and the writ de rationabili parte bonorum , was given to recover them . In the reign of Edward the Third , this right of the wife ...
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... whole land in such a case would be void . The per- son holding any such land by knight's service in ca- pite , and other lands by socage tenure , might devise two parts of the whole , and no more , or any rent , & c . out of it , at his ...
... whole land in such a case would be void . The per- son holding any such land by knight's service in ca- pite , and other lands by socage tenure , might devise two parts of the whole , and no more , or any rent , & c . out of it , at his ...
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... whole . Innumerable frauds and perjuries were quickly introduced by this parliamentary method of inheri- tance ; for so loose was the construction made upon this act by the courts of law , that bare notes in the hand - writing of ...
... whole . Innumerable frauds and perjuries were quickly introduced by this parliamentary method of inheri- tance ; for so loose was the construction made upon this act by the courts of law , that bare notes in the hand - writing of ...
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... whole it is clear that although a will of though it copyholds is said to work as a declaration or appoint- operates as an appointment of the use only , and this is the ground upon which it is held to stand clear of the clauses regard ...
... whole it is clear that although a will of though it copyholds is said to work as a declaration or appoint- operates as an appointment of the use only , and this is the ground upon which it is held to stand clear of the clauses regard ...
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... whole , seems to remain in some uncertainty as to the true nature of the estate where the grant is expressly to a man and his heirs pur auter vie , though the preponderance seems to be on the side of the doctrine which treats it as a ...
... whole , seems to remain in some uncertainty as to the true nature of the estate where the grant is expressly to a man and his heirs pur auter vie , though the preponderance seems to be on the side of the doctrine which treats it as a ...
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according afterwards annuity appears appointment attested bequeathed bequest charge chattels child cited clause codicil common law considered conveyance copyhold court of equity daughter death debts decease declared deed descent devisor dispose disposition doctrine effect estate tail executed executors express fee-simple feoffment freehold give ground heir at law held hereditaments inheritance instrument intention interest issue joint-tenants lease legacies legatee life-time limitation Lord Chancellor Lord Eldon Lord Hardwicke Lord Mansfield Lordship marriage ment messuages mortgage observed operation opinion party pass personal estate presence principle pur auter vie purchase question real estate reason remainder rent residuary residue respect revocation revoked rule seems seised shew signed socage special occupant statute of frauds subscribed subsequent sufficient surrender tator tenants in common tenements term testament testamentary testator's thereof thing three witnesses tion trust vise void wife words writing
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Page 21 - Kent, or the custom of any borough, or any other particular custom, shall be in writing, and signed by the party so devising the same, or by some other person in his presence and by his express direction, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor, by three or four credible witnesses, or else they shall be utterly void and of none effect...
Page 191 - That from and after the 24th day of June, 1736, no manors, lands, tenements, rents, advowsons, or other hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal whatsoever ; nor any sum or sums of money, goods, chattels, stocks in the public funds, securities for money, or any other personal estate whatsoever, to be laid out or disposed of in the purchase of any lands, tenements or hereditaments...
Page 547 - ... during the minority or respective minorities only of any person or persons who under the uses or trusts of the deed, surrender, will or other assurances directing such accumulations would for the time being, if of full age, be entitled unto the rents, issues and profits, or the interest, dividends or annual produce so directed to be accumulated...
Page 319 - ... no devise in writing of lands, tenements or hereditaments, or any clause thereof, shall be revocable, otherwise than by some other will or codicil in writing, or other writing declaring the same, or by burning, cancelling, tearing or obliterating the same by the testator himself, or in his presence, and by his directions and consent...
Page 206 - ... or whether such father be within the age of one and twenty years or of full age, by deed executed in his life-time, or by his last will...
Page 181 - June no nuncupative will shall be good, where the estate thereby bequeathed shall exceed the value of thirty pounds, that is not proved by the oaths of three witnesses (at the least) that were present at the making thereof...
Page 460 - Wedgwood and her assigns, for and during the term of her natural life. And...
Page 224 - ... by some other will or codicil in writing, or other writing of the devisor, signed in the presence of three or four witnesses declaring the same; any former law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 206 - ... and shall and may recover damages for the same in the said action for the use and benefit of such child or children l.
Page 545 - G, and if either of them should depart this life and leave no issue of their respective bodies...