A Treatise on Wills, 2. köideLittle, Brown, and Company, 1893 - 1868 pages |
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... heirs " failed . In Randall . Marble , which arose under a grant , a broader ground was taken ; the court declaring that a limitation over to one's heirs was of no effect , because the estate would descend to the heirs in case of ...
... heirs " failed . In Randall . Marble , which arose under a grant , a broader ground was taken ; the court declaring that a limitation over to one's heirs was of no effect , because the estate would descend to the heirs in case of ...
Page 67
... heirs , the devise will apply to the person or persons answering this description at his death , and who. v . Poag , 4 S. Car . 16. 2. Where an intention appears to make a gift such as the law per- mits , and a technical term is used the ...
... heirs , the devise will apply to the person or persons answering this description at his death , and who. v . Poag , 4 S. Car . 16. 2. Where an intention appears to make a gift such as the law per- mits , and a technical term is used the ...
Page 68
... heirs " of a person described or indicated to be living , is meant to be a gift to the chil- dren or other persons intended of the living donee , rather than to those who may be his heirs in the legal sense ( that is , at his death ) ...
... heirs " of a person described or indicated to be living , is meant to be a gift to the chil- dren or other persons intended of the living donee , rather than to those who may be his heirs in the legal sense ( that is , at his death ) ...
Page 69
... heirs , in the plural , Devise to heir will equally confer on the person or persons answering or heirs passes the description an estate in fee simple ( d ) . fee simple . It is well settled , that a devise to the heirs of the body of ...
... heirs , in the plural , Devise to heir will equally confer on the person or persons answering or heirs passes the description an estate in fee simple ( d ) . fee simple . It is well settled , that a devise to the heirs of the body of ...
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... heirs , and assigns , except as thereinafter mentioned ; that is to say , provided that in case his ( testator's ) ... heirs male of the body ( p ) , inasmuch as the devise was to take effect in favor of the son of B. in the lifetime of ...
... heirs , and assigns , except as thereinafter mentioned ; that is to say , provided that in case his ( testator's ) ... heirs male of the body ( p ) , inasmuch as the devise was to take effect in favor of the son of B. in the lifetime of ...
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Page 804 - ... 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 801 - ... payment of any debt or debts), shall be thereby given or made, such devise, legacy, estate, interest, gift, or appointment shall, so far only as concerns such person attesting the execution of such will, or the wife or husband of such person, or any person claiming under such person or wife or husband, be utterly null and void...
Page 796 - ... shall extend to a testament, and to a codicil, and to an appointment by will or by writing in the nature of a will in exercise of a power, and also to a disposition by will and testament or devise of the custody and tuition of any child, by virtue of...
Page 428 - Person, and not an 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...
Page 796 - That the words and expressions hereinafter mentioned, which in their ordinary signification have a more confined or a different meaning, shall in this Act, except where the nature of the provision or the context of the Act shall exclude such construction, be interpreted as follows; (that is to say), the word "will...
Page 804 - ... 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, by reason of such person having a prior estate tail...
Page 796 - King Charles the Second, intituled " An Act for taking away the Court of Wards and Liveries, and Tenures in Capite and by Knights Service, and Purveyance, and for settling a Revenue upon his Majesty in lieu thereof...
Page 798 - And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful for every person to devise, bequeath, or dispose of, by his will executed in manner hereinafter required, all real estate and all personal estate which he shall be entitled to, either at law or in equity, at the time of his death, and which, if not so devised, bequeathed, or disposed of, would devolve upon the heir-at-law, or customary heir of him, or, if he became entitled by descent, of his ancestor...
Page 803 - ... 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 800 - Viet. c. 26, s. 3, are that if no disposition by will shall be made of any estate pur autre vie of a freehold nature, the same shall be chargeable in the hands of the heir, if it shall come to him by reason of special occupancy, as assets by descent, as in the case of freehold land in fee simple ; and in case there shall be no special occupant of any estate pur autre vie, whether freehold or customary freehold tenant right, customary or copyhold, or of any other tenure, whether a corporeal or incorporeal...