A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property, Volume 6A. Strahan, 1818 |
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... according to the statute of frauds for the real estate ; the court would not oblige the heir at law , upon accepting the legacy , to give up the land . 31. But where the heir becomes entitled to a real estate by descent , in consequence ...
... according to the statute of frauds for the real estate ; the court would not oblige the heir at law , upon accepting the legacy , to give up the land . 31. But where the heir becomes entitled to a real estate by descent , in consequence ...
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... according to the uses of his will . As he had not the power to make that disposition , the heir takes those estates that cannot pass by the will ; " but the testator , not being aware of that , 24 Title XXXVIII . Devise . Ch . ii . § 32 .
... according to the uses of his will . As he had not the power to make that disposition , the heir takes those estates that cannot pass by the will ; " but the testator , not being aware of that , 24 Title XXXVIII . Devise . Ch . ii . § 32 .
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... according to the devise . tracted for . 8. Where articles are entered into for the purchase Lands con- of lands , and before a conveyance of the legal estate is made , the purchaser devises the estates , and dies 1 Cha . Ca. 39. such ...
... according to the devise . tracted for . 8. Where articles are entered into for the purchase Lands con- of lands , and before a conveyance of the legal estate is made , the purchaser devises the estates , and dies 1 Cha . Ca. 39. such ...
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... according to the strict of rules of law , the devisor Greenhill v . Greenhill , Prec . in Cha . 320 . has not lands within the statute of wills , till a con- veyance of the legal estate is executed ; yet , from the execution of the ...
... according to the strict of rules of law , the devisor Greenhill v . Greenhill , Prec . in Cha . 320 . has not lands within the statute of wills , till a con- veyance of the legal estate is executed ; yet , from the execution of the ...
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... according to the statute of frauds ; which if done in 1744 , the estate would certainly be considered as the archbishop's , in equity , from that Tit . 32. c . 3. time . But though an agreement was not reduced into writing , and signed ...
... according to the statute of frauds ; which if done in 1744 , the estate would certainly be considered as the archbishop's , in equity , from that Tit . 32. c . 3. time . But though an agreement was not reduced into writing , and signed ...
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Page 60 - 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 24 - ... an intention, that such a thing shall take place ; without reference to the circumstance, whether the testator had any knowledge of the extent of his power, or not. Nothing can be more dangerous than to speculate upon what he would have done, if he had known one thing or another. It is enough for me to say, he had such intention; and I will not speculate upon what he would have intended in different cases put There is an error in Cull v.
Page 356 - Bart.,) their heirs and assigns, to the uses after mentioned ; (that is to say,) to the use of the said testator's son, the said plaintiff, James Houghton Langston, for and during the term of his natural life...
Page 266 - Jacob to have and to hold to him and his heirs for ever. Item I give to my Son...
Page 361 - To THE USE of the said (settler) for and during the term of his natural life, without impeachment of waste, and from and after his decease TO THE USE of the said...
Page 392 - I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Sarah Barry for and during the term of her natural life...
Page 572 - I go upon is, that the plaintiff was en ventre sa mere at the time of her brother's death, and consequently a person in rerum natura: so that by the rules of the common and civil law she was, to all intents and purposes, a child, as much as if born in the father's lifetime.
Page 523 - ... who should be living at the time of the decease of the survivor of them the...
Page 93 - ... aforesaid, or unless the same be altered 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 365 - ... the elder of such sons, and the heirs male of his body issuing, being always to be preferred, and to take before, the younger of such sons, and the heirs male of his and their body and...