A Treatise on the Law of Wills and Codicils, Volume 1J. Butterworth, 1815 - Executors and administrators |
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... held to be the common law , though frequently pleaded as the local custom of Berks , Devon , and other counties ; and Sir Henry Finch lays it down expressly to be the general law of the land , in the reign of Charles the First . But the ...
... held to be the common law , though frequently pleaded as the local custom of Berks , Devon , and other counties ; and Sir Henry Finch lays it down expressly to be the general law of the land , in the reign of Charles the First . But the ...
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... held , that a delivery of receipts for S. S. Ann . made in the donor's last illness , and experssly in contemplation of death , was not a good donatio mortis causá ; consequently , said his Lordship , this was merely legatory , and ...
... held , that a delivery of receipts for S. S. Ann . made in the donor's last illness , and experssly in contemplation of death , was not a good donatio mortis causá ; consequently , said his Lordship , this was merely legatory , and ...
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... held lands of the king by knight's service only , and not in capite , as if a mesne lord by knight's service had also other lands held by socage tenure , might devise two parts in three of all the land held by knight's service , or any ...
... held lands of the king by knight's service only , and not in capite , as if a mesne lord by knight's service had also other lands held by socage tenure , might devise two parts in three of all the land held by knight's service , or any ...
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... held to be valid dispositions of land , under the statutes of Hen . 8. And further , it has been held upon these statutes , that if a notary did only take rude notes or directions from a sick man , which he did agree to , and they were ...
... held to be valid dispositions of land , under the statutes of Hen . 8. And further , it has been held upon these statutes , that if a notary did only take rude notes or directions from a sick man , which he did agree to , and they were ...
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... held this to be a sufficient will , and so the jury found it . These loose constructions of the statute of wills , which afforded such facilities to designing persons of tute of wills practising upon the weakness of men on the bed of of ...
... held this to be a sufficient will , and so the jury found it . These loose constructions of the statute of wills , which afforded such facilities to designing persons of tute of wills practising upon the weakness of men on the bed of of ...
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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...