Select Cases and Other Authorities on the Law of Property, Volume 4C. W. Sever, 1890 - Personal property |
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... dispose thereof by will . Lucy Dixon died so seised , on the 15th of June 1797. At the time of making her will , and also of her death , both Catlowdy and Simeons Onset were occupied as one farm , being in the possession of the same ...
... dispose thereof by will . Lucy Dixon died so seised , on the 15th of June 1797. At the time of making her will , and also of her death , both Catlowdy and Simeons Onset were occupied as one farm , being in the possession of the same ...
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... dispose of my estate , and let so much of it go from my heir who otherwise would have had it , but I will not dispose of it any further from the heirs at law of the mother's side , whence it came , and where it would go in case I should ...
... dispose of my estate , and let so much of it go from my heir who otherwise would have had it , but I will not dispose of it any further from the heirs at law of the mother's side , whence it came , and where it would go in case I should ...
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... disposing to the same purpose of what is undevised as what is devised . It is not a great stretch , though hazardous , to ... dispose , or not , to give it to the next of kin , they would probably not have used any other expression than ...
... disposing to the same purpose of what is undevised as what is devised . It is not a great stretch , though hazardous , to ... dispose , or not , to give it to the next of kin , they would probably not have used any other expression than ...
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... dispose of it ultra the debts . To the heir it could not go , for the reasons I have stated . It must therefore remain with the creditor . The opinion of Lord Hardwicke also to a very considerable extent is in favor of this . All admit ...
... dispose of it ultra the debts . To the heir it could not go , for the reasons I have stated . It must therefore remain with the creditor . The opinion of Lord Hardwicke also to a very considerable extent is in favor of this . All admit ...
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... dispose of ; but this is a gift in the testator's life - time , donatio causa mortis , and the possession transmuted , and certainly , notwithstanding the will , the testator had a power to give away any part of his estate in his life ...
... dispose of ; but this is a gift in the testator's life - time , donatio causa mortis , and the possession transmuted , and certainly , notwithstanding the will , the testator had a power to give away any part of his estate in his life ...
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Page 287 - ... 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 130 - ... is required for the execution of the will ; but the will, with such alteration as part thereof, shall be deemed to be duly executed if the signature of the testator and the subscription of the witnesses be made in the margin or on some other part of the will...
Page 783 - And be it further enacted, that every will shall be construed, with reference to the real estate and personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
Page 129 - That every Will made by a Man or Woman shall be revoked by his or her Marriage (except a Will made in exercise of a Power of Appointment, when the Real or Personal Estate thereby appointed would not in default of such Appointment pass to his or her Heir, Customary Heir, Executor, or Administrator, or the Person entitled as his or her next of Kin, under the Statute of Distributions) . XIX.
Page 259 - That no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in manner herein-after mentioned ; (that is to say,) it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction; and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation...
Page 283 - There shall be at least two attesting witnesses, each of whom shall sign his name as a witness, at the end of the will, at the request of the testator.
Page 277 - 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 of the said devisor by three or four credible witnesses, or else they shall be utterly void and of none effect.
Page 745 - ... and if it shall hereafter appear that any last will and testament was made by the said deceased, and the executor or executors therein named do exhibit the same into the...
Page 576 - Act all rents, annuities, dividends, and other periodical payments in the nature of income (whether reserved or made payable under an instrument in writing or otherwise) shall, like interest on money lent, be considered as accruing from day to day, and shall be apportionable in respect of time accordingly.
Page 744 - AB or into the hands and possession of auv other person or persons for him, and the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the registry...