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... LEGACIES 669 § 1. Lapsed and Void Legacies and Devises 669 2. Ademption 682 A. Revocation of Devises by Conveyance 682 B. Ademption of Specific Legacies 686 4 . C. Ademption of Portions . 3. Priority of Debts to Legacies Abatement of ...
... LEGACIES 669 § 1. Lapsed and Void Legacies and Devises 669 2. Ademption 682 A. Revocation of Devises by Conveyance 682 B. Ademption of Specific Legacies 686 4 . C. Ademption of Portions . 3. Priority of Debts to Legacies Abatement of ...
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... legacies ) , and died , living her second husband . Afterwards , Thomas Herbert died , sans issue and intestate . And the question was , Whether this estate should descend to his heir , ex parte paterna or materna ? or whether the ...
... legacies ) , and died , living her second husband . Afterwards , Thomas Herbert died , sans issue and intestate . And the question was , Whether this estate should descend to his heir , ex parte paterna or materna ? or whether the ...
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... legacies : " to my husband the said Edward Lovell the sum of £ 150 ; " to her brother Thomas Abbott £ 20 ; to her nephew James Fabian , her niece Elizabeth Cox , and her nephew George Togood , £ 10 each ; and she directed these legacies ...
... legacies : " to my husband the said Edward Lovell the sum of £ 150 ; " to her brother Thomas Abbott £ 20 ; to her nephew James Fabian , her niece Elizabeth Cox , and her nephew George Togood , £ 10 each ; and she directed these legacies ...
Page 136
... legacies to them , as her children by him . It was held , that they were not entitled . There two things were wanting . The testator was not merely deceived as to their being his children ; but he was deceived as to the other ingredient ...
... legacies to them , as her children by him . It was held , that they were not entitled . There two things were wanting . The testator was not merely deceived as to their being his children ; but he was deceived as to the other ingredient ...
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... legacies had been given by the will , and Gard knew that she did so . The jury found that the testatrix had given instructions to Gard for legacies to Gillard , Perriam , and Egg ; that at the time of the execution of the will those ...
... legacies had been given by the will , and Gard knew that she did so . The jury found that the testatrix had given instructions to Gard for legacies to Gillard , Perriam , and Egg ; that at the time of the execution of the will those ...
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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...