 It is emphatically the will of the person who makes it, and is defined to be ' the legal declaration of a man's intentions which he wills to be performed after his death.  Hindoo law - Page 6by John Cochrane - 1872Full view - About this book
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 624 pages
...plaintiff in error. The paper is testamentary in its character. Turner v. Scott, I Smith, 126. A will is the legal declaration of a man's intentions which he wills to be performed after his death. 2 Blackstone's Com., 500. Bouvier's Law Dic'y. I Redfield on Wills, 5. Any form of paper disposing... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 864 pages
...testamentary disposition. It is emphatically the will of the person who makes it, and is defined to be ' the legal declaration of a man's intentions which he wills to be performed after his death.' 2 Bl. Com. 499. These intentions are to be collected from his words, and ought to be carried into effect... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 638 pages
...testamentary disposition. It is emphatically the will of the person who makes it, and is defined to be 'the legal declaration of a man's intentions, which he wills to be performed after his death.' (2 Black Com. 499). These intentions are to be collected from his words, and ought to be carried into... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 988 pages
...testamentary disposition. It is emphatically the will of the person who makes it, and is defined to be the legal declaration of a man's intentions, which he wills to be performed after his death. These intentions are to be collected from dis words, and ought to be carried into effect, if they be... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 1172 pages
...testamentary disposition. It is emphatically the will of the person who makes it, and is defined to be 'the legal declaration of a man's intentions which he wills to be performed after his death.' 2BI. Com. 499. These intentions are to be collected from his words, and ought to be carried into effect... | |
 | Law - 1927 - 440 pages
...grantors. In Frew v. Clarke, 80 Pa. 170, 178, Mr. Justice Mercur says : — A will is denned to be the legal declaration of a man's intentions, which he wills to be performed after his death: 2 Black. Com. 500; Bouv. Law Die.; 1 Jarman on Wills 11. An instrument in any form, whether a deed... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 634 pages
...not actually a will upon its face, is dangerously near one Treating a will as the legal declarations of a man's intentions which he wills to be performed after his death, we have here the testator's intentions fully expressed. The paper itself being proved by three witnesses,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 1326 pages
...testamentary disposition. It is emphatically the will of the person who makes it, and is defined to be* the legal declaration of a man's intentions, which he wills to be performed after his death.' These intentions are to be collected from bib words, and ought to be carried into effect, if they be... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 1036 pages
...not actually a will upon its face, is dangerously near one. Treating a will as the legal declarations of a man's intentions which he wills to be performed after his death, we have here the testator's intentions fully expressed. The paper itself being proved by three witnesses,... | |
 | District of Columbia. Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 662 pages
...with rules of law. * * * It is emphatically the will of the person who makes it and is denned to be the ; legal declaration of a man's intentions which he wills to be performed after his death.' These intentions are to be collected from his words and ought to be carried into effect if they be... | |
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