A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property, Volume 6A. Strahan, 1818 |
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... Devisor must be seized or entitled 31. And must continue seized or entitled 32. Exceptions 33. Tenancies escheated 34. Copyholds purchased 36. Terms for Years 37. A Right of Entry is not devisable 39. Nor a Joint Tenancy - 28 29 id . id ...
... Devisor must be seized or entitled 31. And must continue seized or entitled 32. Exceptions 33. Tenancies escheated 34. Copyholds purchased 36. Terms for Years 37. A Right of Entry is not devisable 39. Nor a Joint Tenancy - 28 29 id . id ...
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... Devisor 30. 3 ° . A Devise over for Life on Failure of Issue of the first Devisee 31. 4 ° . Where an Estate Tail is raised by Implication · 481 484 · 489 - 493 id . CHAP . XIX . Executory Devises of Terms for Years CONTENTS . xiii.
... Devisor 30. 3 ° . A Devise over for Life on Failure of Issue of the first Devisee 31. 4 ° . Where an Estate Tail is raised by Implication · 481 484 · 489 - 493 id . CHAP . XIX . Executory Devises of Terms for Years CONTENTS . xiii.
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... devisor . The word devise appears to be derived from divide , and originally meant any kind of division or distribution of lands ; but it was used to denote a will so early as in the time of Glanville , who says , Potest enim quilibet ...
... devisor . The word devise appears to be derived from divide , and originally meant any kind of division or distribution of lands ; but it was used to denote a will so early as in the time of Glanville , who says , Potest enim quilibet ...
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... devisor . 11. The word testament , in the Roman law , was applied only to dispositions which contained the institution or appointment of an heir , who was to take all the property of the testator : and the Roman lawyers observe , that a ...
... devisor . 11. The word testament , in the Roman law , was applied only to dispositions which contained the institution or appointment of an heir , who was to take all the property of the testator : and the Roman lawyers observe , that a ...
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... devisor , to whom nothing descends . If the heir of the devisor enters , 1Show.R.71 . the devisee may bring an ejectment against him , which , however , is his only remedy . And those to whom lands are given by devise are said to take ...
... devisor , to whom nothing descends . If the heir of the devisor enters , 1Show.R.71 . the devisee may bring an ejectment against him , which , however , is his only remedy . And those to whom lands are given by devise are said to take ...
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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...