Reports of Cases in Chancery, Argued and Determined in the Rolls Court During the Time of Lord Langdale, Master of the Rolls. [1838-1866], Volume 20Saunders and Benning, 1856 |
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... statute of 7 William 4 & 1 Vict . c . 26 , s . 26 , on the will of Mary Colling , a testatrix , who died on the 25th of April , 1850. The question is , whether the Escomb , Headlam and Cockfield Estates , the devise of which has lapsed ...
... statute of 7 William 4 & 1 Vict . c . 26 , s . 26 , on the will of Mary Colling , a testatrix , who died on the 25th of April , 1850. The question is , whether the Escomb , Headlam and Cockfield Estates , the devise of which has lapsed ...
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... statute do not apply , inasmuch as a con- trary intention appears on the face of the will ; first , by reason of the peculiar description of the property in this residuary devise , which it is contended points to local description ; and ...
... statute do not apply , inasmuch as a con- trary intention appears on the face of the will ; first , by reason of the peculiar description of the property in this residuary devise , which it is contended points to local description ; and ...
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... statute has thought fit to amend , but cannot , in my opinion , vary the natural meaning of the words . I am of opinion , therefore , that this is an ordinary residuary devise , and I am confirmed in this view of the subject , by the ...
... statute has thought fit to amend , but cannot , in my opinion , vary the natural meaning of the words . I am of opinion , therefore , that this is an ordinary residuary devise , and I am confirmed in this view of the subject , by the ...
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... statute was introduced : —that this is a residuary devise which passes the estates included in the devise to Mar- garet Colpitts , and which has lapsed by reason of her death before that of the testatrix , and that nothing is to be ...
... statute was introduced : —that this is a residuary devise which passes the estates included in the devise to Mar- garet Colpitts , and which has lapsed by reason of her death before that of the testatrix , and that nothing is to be ...
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... statute , operate as a general exercise of all powers of appointment , yet that it does not operate as an exercise of a power of revoking a previous instrument . That decision of the Lords Justices is binding upon me , and therefore I ...
... statute , operate as a general exercise of all powers of appointment , yet that it does not operate as an exercise of a power of revoking a previous instrument . That decision of the Lords Justices is binding upon me , and therefore I ...
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Page 62 - ... for and during the term of her natural life ; and from and after the decease of my said wife, I give and bequeath...
Page 265 - ... shall be good, valid, and effectual in the law to all intents and purposes whatsoever...
Page 498 - ... such money as aforesaid, as fully and effectually as she could do if she were a feme sole ; save and except that no such disposition, release, surrender, or extinguishment shall be valid and effectual unless the husband, concur in the deed by which the same shall be effected, nor unless the deed be acknowledged by her as hereinafter directed...
Page 62 - And as to all the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever...
Page 263 - MR stated as a principle of construction which could not be disputed that "the general words of the Act are not to be so construed as to alter the previous policy of the law, unless no sense or meaning can be applied to those words consistently with the intention of preserving the existing policy untouched.
Page 265 - ... been made; and the land taken upon every such exchange shall be and enure to, for and upon the same uses, trusts, intents and purposes, and subject to the same conditions, charges and incumbrances, as the lands given on such exchange would have stood limited or been subject to in case such order had not been made...
Page 626 - ... and issue process for the immediate sequestration of the personal estate and the rents and profits of the real estate of the party so charged, and...
Page 499 - ... shall examine her, apart from her husband, touching her knowledge of such deed, and shall ascertain whether she freely and voluntarily consents to such deed, and unless she freely and voluntarily consent to such deed shall not permit her to acknowledge the same ; and in such case such deed shall, so far as relates to the execution thereof by such married woman, be void.
Page 80 - ... in trust for all and every or such one or more exclusively of the other or others of the children...
Page 376 - As if lands be given to two men and to the heirs of their two bodies begotten, in this case the donees have a joint estate for term of their two lives, and yet they have several inheritances : for if one of the donees hath issue and...