A Treatise on the Law of Wills and Codicils, Volume 1J. Butterworth, 1815 - Executors and administrators |
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... appears doubtful whether among the Romans , before the introduction of the laws of the Twelve Tables , or among the Athenians before the legislation of Solon , the direct testamentary ( 1 ) Omnino rationi naturali repugnat , alicui jus ...
... appears doubtful whether among the Romans , before the introduction of the laws of the Twelve Tables , or among the Athenians before the legislation of Solon , the direct testamentary ( 1 ) Omnino rationi naturali repugnat , alicui jus ...
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... appears that the children suc- ceeded to the possessions of the parent , and that he had no power to alienate them by his will . If he had no children , the steps in the order of inheritance and succession were the patres , patrui ...
... appears that the children suc- ceeded to the possessions of the parent , and that he had no power to alienate them by his will . If he had no children , the steps in the order of inheritance and succession were the patres , patrui ...
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... appears that the most an- cient mode of making a testament , among the Romans , was , by converting a man's private will into a public law , for such seems to have been the object and intention of the promulgation or celebra- tion of a ...
... appears that the most an- cient mode of making a testament , among the Romans , was , by converting a man's private will into a public law , for such seems to have been the object and intention of the promulgation or celebra- tion of a ...
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William Roberts. ment had established and left standing in this country . It appears , however , pretty certain , that this testa- mentary power over land did not survive the Norman conquest , except in particular cities and boroughs ...
William Roberts. ment had established and left standing in this country . It appears , however , pretty certain , that this testa- mentary power over land did not survive the Norman conquest , except in particular cities and boroughs ...
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... appears quite clear , according to all the authorities , that there must be a delivery of the thing by the giver in his lifetime ; and we observe , that Lord Cowper's expression , in the case of Hedges v . Hedges , Prec . in Chan . 269 ...
... appears quite clear , according to all the authorities , that there must be a delivery of the thing by the giver in his lifetime ; and we observe , that Lord Cowper's expression , in the case of Hedges v . Hedges , Prec . in Chan . 269 ...
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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...