A Treatise on Wills, Volume 2S. Sweet, 1844 - Wills |
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... bequeathed to A. £ 200 , " and , failing him by decease before me , to his heirs ; " and the legacy was held to belong to the next of kin of A. living at the death of the testator . Sir R. P. Arden , M. R. , too , in Holloway v ...
... bequeathed to A. £ 200 , " and , failing him by decease before me , to his heirs ; " and the legacy was held to belong to the next of kin of A. living at the death of the testator . Sir R. P. Arden , M. R. , too , in Holloway v ...
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... ( b ) , where a testator de- vised and bequeathed residuary real and personal estate ( b ) 3 East , 172 . ( a ) 1 B. C. C. 142 . 64 Devises to when void for family , " uncertainty . CHAP . XXIX . to his wife for life ,
... ( b ) , where a testator de- vised and bequeathed residuary real and personal estate ( b ) 3 East , 172 . ( a ) 1 B. C. C. 142 . 64 Devises to when void for family , " uncertainty . CHAP . XXIX . to his wife for life ,
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... bequeathed by A. to trustees , in trust for his wife and daughter , and the survivor , for life , for their separate use , and , after the decease of the survivor , in trust for the daughter's children , if any , and , if none , then ...
... bequeathed by A. to trustees , in trust for his wife and daughter , and the survivor , for life , for their separate use , and , after the decease of the survivor , in trust for the daughter's children , if any , and , if none , then ...
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... bequeathed to the executors or administra- tors of a person vests in them as part of the personal estate of the testator or intestate . Whether exe- cutors or admi- nistrators are entitled for their own benefit . Thus , where ( h ) a ...
... bequeathed to the executors or administra- tors of a person vests in them as part of the personal estate of the testator or intestate . Whether exe- cutors or admi- nistrators are entitled for their own benefit . Thus , where ( h ) a ...
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... bequeathed two - thirds of his property to the most necessitous of his relations by his father's and mother's side ; and Lord Camden said the bequest would stand upon the word relations alone , the word poor being added , made no ...
... bequeathed two - thirds of his property to the most necessitous of his relations by his father's and mother's side ; and Lord Camden said the bequest would stand upon the word relations alone , the word poor being added , made no ...
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age of twenty-one annuity ante applied appoint authority bequeathed bequest CHAP charged construction construed contingent remainders Court cross-remainders daugh daughter death debts decease default devisee died without issue directed doctrine dren Durn dying eldest entitled estate tail event executors express failure of issue favour fee-simple freehold gift grandchildren heirs male held implication intention interest issue living issue male lands lawfully begotten leaving issue legacies legatees lifetime Lord Eldon Lord Hardwicke Lord Langdale Lord Thurlow Lordship marriage moiety objects observed personal estate personalty principle prior devise purchase Pyot question real and personal real estate referred residue respective rule rule in Shelley's rule of construction seems shew sons survivor tail male take an estate tenant in tail tenants in common term testator devised testator's tion took an estate trust ulterior vested vise wife word issue words heirs words of limitation
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Page 763 - Manner a Bequest of the Personal Estate of the Testator, or any Bequest of Personal Property described in a general Manner shall be construed to include any Personal Estate, or any Personal Estate to which such Description shall extend (as the Case may be), which he may have Power to appoint in any Manner he may think proper, and shall operate as an Execution of such Power, unless a contrary Intention shall appear by the Will.
Page 758 - 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 761 - 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 hereinbefore 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...
Page 764 - ... 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 762 - And be it further enacted, that no conveyance or other act made or done subsequently to the execution of a will of or relating to any real or personal estate therein comprised, except an act by which such will shall be revoked as aforesaid, shall prevent the operation of the will with respect to such estate or interest in such real or personal estate as the testator shall have power to dispose of by will at the time of his death.
Page 760 - And be it further enacted, 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...
Page 763 - ... indefinite Failure of his Issue, unless a contrary Intention shall appear by the Will, by reason of such Person having a prior Estate Tail, or of a preceding Gift, being, without any Implication arising from such Words, a Limitation of an Estate Tail to such Person or Issue or otherwise : Provided, that this Act shall not extend to Cases where such Words as aforesaid import if no Issue described in a preceding Gift shall be born, or if there shall be no Issue who shall live to attain the Age...
Page 763 - die without leaving issue," or "have no issue," or any other words which may import either a want or failure of issue of any person in his lifetime or at the time of his death, or an indefinite failure of his issue...
Page 413 - ... or any other words which may import either a want or failure of issue of any person in his lifetime or at the time of his death, or an indefinite failure of his issue, shall be construed to mean a want or failure of issue in the lifetime or at the time of the death of such person, and not an indefinite failure of his issue, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will...
Page 754 - person" shall extend to a partnership, or body politic, corporate, or collegiate, as well as to an individual ; and every word importing the singular number only shall extend and be applied to several persons or things...