Commentaries on the Law of Wills: Embracing Execution, Interpretation and Administration, Including Those Rules of Real Property and Principles of Equity which Effect Testamentary Dispositions, with Full References to American and English Statutes and Decisions, and Also an Appendix Containing Forms and Precedents, and the Leading Wills Acts, Volume 1 |
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... according to the nature of the property and the domicile of the testator , upon the laws of many jurisdictions . For this reason , and that the work may be useful to all , English decisions have been included with those of these United ...
... according to the nature of the property and the domicile of the testator , upon the laws of many jurisdictions . For this reason , and that the work may be useful to all , English decisions have been included with those of these United ...
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... according to conditions 440 331. A weak mind is not inconsistent with testamentary capacity ..... 332. Ability to transact business not a true test of testamentary capacity .. 442 444 333. Presumption as to the continuance of insanity ...
... according to conditions 440 331. A weak mind is not inconsistent with testamentary capacity ..... 332. Ability to transact business not a true test of testamentary capacity .. 442 444 333. Presumption as to the continuance of insanity ...
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... according to the wisdom of man , influenced by both love and charity . § 2. Ancient Conception of Testamentary Power . At the commencement of man's social life , the Family was the unit , governed by the Patriarch who held his ...
... according to the wisdom of man , influenced by both love and charity . § 2. Ancient Conception of Testamentary Power . At the commencement of man's social life , the Family was the unit , governed by the Patriarch who held his ...
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... according to the author , hardly uphold the contention that property was disposed of by will , but refer more to transfers and rights of succession . In Athens , before the time of Solon , property descended to the children or kindred ...
... according to the author , hardly uphold the contention that property was disposed of by will , but refer more to transfers and rights of succession . In Athens , before the time of Solon , property descended to the children or kindred ...
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... according to the Mosaic law , there were no kindred to succeed.18 § 4. Creation of the True Idea of Wills . To the Roman is given the credit for the creation of the true idea of wills , but it must be remembered that it 10 Maine ...
... according to the Mosaic law , there were no kindred to succeed.18 § 4. Creation of the True Idea of Wills . To the Roman is given the credit for the creation of the true idea of wills , but it must be remembered that it 10 Maine ...
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Popular passages
Page 281 - ... shall not lapse, but shall take effect as if the death of such person had happened immediately after the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the Will.
Page 397 - By marriage the husband and wife are one person in law ; that is the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Page 219 - That no Will or Codicil, or any Part thereof, shall be revoked otherwise than as aforesaid, or by another Will or Codicil executed in manner herein-before required, or by some Writing declaring an Intention to revoke the same, and executed in the Manner in which a Will is hereinbefore required to be executed, or by the burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the same by the Testator, or by some Person in his Presence and by his Direction, with the Intention of revoking the same.
Page 296 - ... hereditament, it shall go to the executor or administrator of the party that had the estate thereof by virtue of the grant ; and if the same shall come to the executor or administrator either by reason of a special occupancy or by virtue of this act, it shall be assets in his hands, and shall go and be applied and distributed in the same manner as the personal estate of the testator or intestate.
Page 621 - ... will, or to prove the validity or invalidity thereof, notwithstanding such devise, legacy, estate, interest, gift, or appointment, mentioned in such will. XVI. And be it further enacted, that in case by any will any real or personal estate shall be charged with any debt or debts, and any creditor, or the wife or husband of any creditor, whose debt is so charged...
Page 403 - A married woman shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be capable of acquiring, holding, and disposing by will or otherwise, of any real or personal property as her separate property, in the same manner as if she were a feme sole, without the intervention of any trustee.
Page 23 - It is emphatically the will of the person who makes it, and is defined to be ' the legal declaration of a man's intentions which he wills to be performed after his death.
Page 189 - An Act for the Amendment of the Laws with respect to Wills, it is enacted, that no Will shall be valid unless it shall be signed at the Foot or End thereof by the Testator, or by some other...
Page 763 - Will after the Execution thereof shall be valid or have any Effect, except so far as the Words or Effect of the Will before such Alteration shall not be apparent...
Page 393 - ... to dispose of the custody and tuition of such child or children for and during such time as he or they shall respectively remain under the age of twenty-one years, or any lesser time, to any person or persons in possession or remainder, other than Popish recusants...