A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property, Volume 6A. Strahan, 1818 - Real property |
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... death of the devisor . The word devise appears to be derived from divide , and originally meant any kind of division or distribution of lands ; but it was used to denote a will so early as in the time of Glanville , who says , Potest ...
... death of the devisor . The word devise appears to be derived from divide , and originally meant any kind of division or distribution of lands ; but it was used to denote a will so early as in the time of Glanville , who says , Potest ...
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... death of the devisor . 11. The word testament , in the Roman law , was applied only to dispositions which contained the institution or appointment of an heir , who was to take all the property of the testator : and the Roman lawyers ...
... death of the devisor . 11. The word testament , in the Roman law , was applied only to dispositions which contained the institution or appointment of an heir , who was to take all the property of the testator : and the Roman lawyers ...
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... riding of the county of York , within the space of six months after c . 27 . the death of every respective devisor , dying in Eng- Tille XXXVIII . Devise . Ch . i . § 23-28 . 11 Where the Word Heir in the Singular Number is used.
... riding of the county of York , within the space of six months after c . 27 . the death of every respective devisor , dying in Eng- Tille XXXVIII . Devise . Ch . i . § 23-28 . 11 Where the Word Heir in the Singular Number is used.
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... death of every devisor dying abroad , shall be as valid and effectual against subsequent pur- chasers , as if the same had been registered imme- diately after the death of such devisor . 29. By the next section it is provided , that in ...
... death of every devisor dying abroad , shall be as valid and effectual against subsequent pur- chasers , as if the same had been registered imme- diately after the death of such devisor . 29. By the next section it is provided , that in ...
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... death of such devisor , dying in Great Britain , or four years after the death of such person , dying beyond sea ; then and in such case the registry of the memorial of such will within six months after its attainment , or a probate ...
... death of such devisor , dying in Great Britain , or four years after the death of such person , dying beyond sea ; then and in such case the registry of the memorial of such will within six months after its attainment , or a probate ...
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Page 60 - 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 direction; 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 24 - ... an intention, that such a thing shall take place ; without reference to the circumstance, whether the testator had any knowledge of the extent of his power, or not. Nothing can be more dangerous than to speculate upon what he would have done, if he had known one thing or another. It is enough for me to say, he had such intention; and I will not speculate upon what he would have intended in different cases put There is an error in Cull v.
Page 356 - Bart.,) their heirs and assigns, to the uses after mentioned ; (that is to say,) to the use of the said testator's son, the said plaintiff, James Houghton Langston, for and during the term of his natural life...
Page 266 - Jacob to have and to hold to him and his heirs for ever. Item I give to my Son...
Page 361 - To THE USE of the said (settler) for and during the term of his natural life, without impeachment of waste, and from and after his decease TO THE USE of the said...
Page 392 - I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Sarah Barry for and during the term of her natural life...
Page 572 - I go upon is, that the plaintiff was en ventre sa mere at the time of her brother's death, and consequently a person in rerum natura: so that by the rules of the common and civil law she was, to all intents and purposes, a child, as much as if born in the father's lifetime.
Page 523 - ... who should be living at the time of the decease of the survivor of them the...
Page 93 - ... aforesaid, or unless the same be altered by some other will or codicil in writing, or other writing of the devisor, signed in the presence of three or four witnesses, declaring the same, any former law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 365 - ... the elder of such sons, and the heirs male of his body issuing, being always to be preferred, and to take before, the younger of such sons, and the heirs male of his and their body and...