A Digest of the Laws of England, Volume 8Collins & Hannay, 1826 - Law |
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9 Ves affidavit agreement amended annuity Anst answer application appointment assignment Attorney-general Ball & Beatty Beam bequest bill bond charge charity circumstances codicil contract conveyance copyhold costs court of chancery court of equity covenant creditors death debts decree deed defendant demurrer devise Dick directed discharge discovery dismissed dower entitled evidence execution executor feme covert filed fraud fund granted heir held husband Ibid infant injunction interest interpleader issue Johns Joinder jurisdiction land lease legacy legatee Lord lord chancellor marriage master mortgage motion ne exeat obtained paid parol partner partnership party payment personal estate plaintiff plea possession purchase quære real estate reference refused relation relief remainder rents residuary residue restrain settlement specific performance statute statute of frauds stay waste suit tail tenant testator's trust twenty-one Vide void wife witness
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Page 4 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 409 - ... remainder to the first and other sons of the marriage in tail male; remainder to the first and other...
Page 871 - An agent may undoubtedly, within the scope of his authority, bind his principal, by his agreement ; and in many cases by his acts. What the agent has said may be what constitutes the agreement of the principal: or the representations or statements made may be the foundation of, or the inducement to.
Page 447 - ... in other purchases of real estates ; and after the death of the survivor of the said several persons, that the said estates shall be divided into three lots, and that one lot shall be conveyed to the eldest male lineal descendant then living of A in tail male, remainder to the second, &c.
Page 448 - ... who shall be incapable of taking as heir in tail male of any of the persons to whom a prior estate is hereby directed to be limited, of my said son Peter Isaac Thellusson, successively in tail male...
Page 448 - B. and C. as aforesaid, upon trust to sell, and pay the produce to his Majesty, his heirs, and successors, to the use of the sinking fund : the accumulation till the purchases or sales can take place, to go to the same purpose ; with a direction, that all the persons becoming entitled shall use the surname of the testator only. The decree, establishing the trusts of the Will, was affirmed by the House of Lords upon appeal.
Page 845 - RG, were parties, and by a recovery suffered in pursuance thereof, the estates were limited to the use of the husband for life, remainder to the wife for life, remainder to...
Page 800 - ... but where the execution is to be by a trustee, with general or some objects pointed out, there the court will take the administration of the trust.
Page 448 - ... all the rest, residue and remainder of his real and personal estate...
Page 429 - ... remainder to her first and other sons in tail male ; remainder to her daughters in tail general ; remainder to such persons for such estates, and subject to such charges and conditions as he should, by any deed or instrument, with two or more witnesses, appoint.