 | Delaware - Law - 1816 - 766 pages
...shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the said testator or testatrix, by two or more credible witnesses, or else they shall be utterly void and of none effect : And no such last will or testament, concerning any goods or chattels or personal estate, nor any... | |
 | Edward Burtenshaw Sugden - Powers (Law) - 1808 - 652 pages
...statute it is enacted, that all devises shall be in writing, and signed by the testator, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor, by three or four credible witnesses. These words are very forcible, for as the attestation and subscription are required to be made by the... | |
 | William Roberts - Wills - 1809 - 750 pages
...devising the same, or by some other -person, in his presence, and by his express directions, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the said...else they shall be utterly void and of none effec.t, VI. And moreover, no devise in writing of lands, HOW the «im» tenements, or hereditaments, or any... | |
 | Horace Binney, Pennsylvania. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1810 - 642 pages
...England, by section 5, the wills " must be attested and subscribed in the presence of the de" visor by three or four credible witnesses, or else they shall " be utterly void and of no effect." There the attestation in the testator's presence, is as essential as his signature. Doug:... | |
 | Massachusetts, William Charles White - Law - 1811 - 174 pages
...so devising the same, or by some 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 more credible witnesses, or else shall be utterly void and of no effect. (2) The above provision is... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Sylvester Douglas Baron Glenbervie - Law reports, digests, etc - 1813 - 1010 pages
...the devisor, or by some other person in Ins " presence, and by his express directions, and shall be " attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor, " by three or four credible witnesses (a))." The case was argued, !>v\ Couper, for the plaintiff, and [ 242 ] Adair, Serjeant, for the defendants.... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - Law reports, digests, etc - 1813 - 496 pages
...the devisor, or by some other person in his " presence, and by his express directions, and shall be " attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor, " by three or four credible witnesses (a)). ' The case was argued, by Cowper, for the plaintiff, and \ 34.5 ] Aduir, Serjeant, for the defendants.... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - Law reports, digests, etc - 1813 - 496 pages
...person in his " presence, and by his express directions, and shall be " attested and subscribed I'M the presence of the said devisor, " by three or four credible witnesses (a);. ' The case was argued, by Cotcper, for the plaintiff, and [ 242 ] sldatr, Serjeant, for the defendants.... | |
 | William Roberts - Executors and administrators - 1815 - 622 pages
...devising the same, or by some other person in his presence, and by his express directions, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the said...witnesses, or else they shall be utterly void and of none effect.3' It is considered by Swinburn among the advantages n was an A • ! inivautage ot a written... | |
 | Samuel March Phillipps - Evidence (Law) - 1815 - 600 pages
...devising the same, or by some other person in his presence and by his express direction, and to be attested and subscribed in the presence of the said...witnesses, or else they shall be utterly void, and of no effect." This clause describes the solemnities, which ought to attend the execution, and particularly... | |
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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 directions, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence... 
