Select Cases and Other Authorities on the Law of Property, Volume 4C. W. Sever, 1890 - Personal property |
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... executed by John Milbourn Dixon , deceased , and Lucy Dixon , deceased . to John Bushby , deceased , in the penal sum of £ 360 , conditioned for the payment of £ 180 , with interest , at 43 per cent . on the 12th of November 1796 . The ...
... executed by John Milbourn Dixon , deceased , and Lucy Dixon , deceased . to John Bushby , deceased , in the penal sum of £ 360 , conditioned for the payment of £ 180 , with interest , at 43 per cent . on the 12th of November 1796 . The ...
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... execution of a power contained in any conveyance or settlement , takes under such conveyance or settlement itself ... executed her power , then , I conceive , under the authority of the case above cited , he took by descent , and not ...
... execution of a power contained in any conveyance or settlement , takes under such conveyance or settlement itself ... executed her power , then , I conceive , under the authority of the case above cited , he took by descent , and not ...
Page 107
... executed this assignment , but he was in apprehension of it . His age and his " failing " told him death was near , but when it might occur he had no clear conviction . An ailment at such an age is extremely admonitory . From these ...
... executed this assignment , but he was in apprehension of it . His age and his " failing " told him death was near , but when it might occur he had no clear conviction . An ailment at such an age is extremely admonitory . From these ...
Page 119
... executed , the title has vested , the dominion and control of the donor has passed to the donee . While here , the condition annexed by the donor to his gift is a condition precedent , which must happen before it becomes a gift , and ...
... executed , the title has vested , the dominion and control of the donor has passed to the donee . While here , the condition annexed by the donor to his gift is a condition precedent , which must happen before it becomes a gift , and ...
Page 124
... executed in his life , his manors , lands , tenements or hereditaments , or any of them , in such manner and form as in the same former Act more at large it doth appear . Which words of estate of inheritance , by the authority of this ...
... executed in his life , his manors , lands , tenements or hereditaments , or any of them , in such manner and form as in the same former Act more at large it doth appear . Which words of estate of inheritance , by the authority of this ...
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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...