Reports of Cases in Chancery: Argued and Determined in the Rolls Court During the Time of Lord Langdale ...Saunders and Benning, 1839 - Equity |
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... intention ; the term would include all occupiers , and lodgers of every condition ; and there was not sufficient certainty in the persons , who were to take , to give validity to the gift , as a gift to individual objects of bounty . If ...
... intention ; the term would include all occupiers , and lodgers of every condition ; and there was not sufficient certainty in the persons , who were to take , to give validity to the gift , as a gift to individual objects of bounty . If ...
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... legacies were paid ; and the inference as to her intention was at least equally strong . ( a ) 1 Russ . & Mylne , 629. ( b ) 1 Mylne & Keen , 56 . 1837 . ROGERS บ . THOMAS . 1837 . July 22 . August 8 . A testatrix CASES IN CHANCERY . 13.
... legacies were paid ; and the inference as to her intention was at least equally strong . ( a ) 1 Russ . & Mylne , 629. ( b ) 1 Mylne & Keen , 56 . 1837 . ROGERS บ . THOMAS . 1837 . July 22 . August 8 . A testatrix CASES IN CHANCERY . 13.
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... intention , the rule of law will prevail ; for no inference of intention can be drawn from the state of the testatrix's property , either at the time of making her will , or of her decease , which the Court cannot look at for the ...
... intention , the rule of law will prevail ; for no inference of intention can be drawn from the state of the testatrix's property , either at the time of making her will , or of her decease , which the Court cannot look at for the ...
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... intention which does not primarily appear upon the face of the instrument ; but it is well settled that the Court may look at extrinsic circumstances to ascer- tain the meaning of terms used by a testator , and that it may look at the ...
... intention which does not primarily appear upon the face of the instrument ; but it is well settled that the Court may look at extrinsic circumstances to ascer- tain the meaning of terms used by a testator , and that it may look at the ...
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... intention of the testatrix . In the construction of wills the object of the Court is to give effect , as far as it can , to the real meaning of tes- tators ; and experience shews that the word " money ' is often used in the sense of ...
... intention of the testatrix . In the construction of wills the object of the Court is to give effect , as far as it can , to the real meaning of tes- tators ; and experience shews that the word " money ' is often used in the sense of ...
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Page 281 - ... profits, and produce of such property so directed to be accumulated, shall, so long as the same shall be directed to be accumulated contrary to the provisions of this Act, go to and be received by such person or persons as would have been entitled thereto if such accumulation had not been directed.
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