The Law of Executors and AdministratorsSaunders and Benning, 1838 - 568 pages |
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... respect to the latter , this licence no longer exists . The perpetual impositions practised on this merito- rious and unsuspecting body of men induced the legislature to adopt a new policy , and to divest them of a privilege , which ...
... respect to the latter , this licence no longer exists . The perpetual impositions practised on this merito- rious and unsuspecting body of men induced the legislature to adopt a new policy , and to divest them of a privilege , which ...
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... respecting personal estate is authenticated in the same manner as a will of such property . The law , however , now ... respect to copyholds , they are not within the statute of frauds . A devise of them operates only as a declaration ...
... respecting personal estate is authenticated in the same manner as a will of such property . The law , however , now ... respect to copyholds , they are not within the statute of frauds . A devise of them operates only as a declaration ...
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... respect to the incapacity arising from the want of liberty , or freedom of will , prisoners , captives , and the like , are not by the law of England absolutely disabled to make a testament ; but the court has a discretion of judging ...
... respect to the incapacity arising from the want of liberty , or freedom of will , prisoners , captives , and the like , are not by the law of England absolutely disabled to make a testament ; but the court has a discretion of judging ...
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... respects goods and chattels , have any operation ; for they are forfeited by [ 12 ] the act and manner of his death ; but ... respect to their personal property , while their outlawry subsists ; for their goods and chattels are forfeited ...
... respects goods and chattels , have any operation ; for they are forfeited by [ 12 ] the act and manner of his death ; but ... respect to their personal property , while their outlawry subsists ; for their goods and chattels are forfeited ...
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... respect to the revocation of a will by the act of can- celling , it is in itself an equivocal act ; and in order to make it a revocation , it must be shewn quo animo it was cancelled ; for , unless that appear , it will be no revocation ...
... respect to the revocation of a will by the act of can- celling , it is in itself an equivocal act ; and in order to make it a revocation , it must be shewn quo animo it was cancelled ; for , unless that appear , it will be no revocation ...
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Common terms and phrases
action adminis Admon afterwards Ambl annexed appointed assets attested Baron and Feme Blackborough bona notabilia Burn chattels choses in action codicil copyhold court of equity coverture creditor cutor deceased devise diocese duty Earl Eccl ecclesiastical court effects Eliz emblements entitled equity executed executor or administrator executrix feme covert Fonbl granted Harg heir held husband Ibid infant interest intestate judgment land lease legacy letters of administration lifetime Litt Lord marriage minister mortgage officer ordinary paid party payment personal estate Phill Prec probate proved Raym real estate rent residue respect revocation revoked Roll Salk scire facias SECT Sed vide Smith spiritual court stat statute statute of frauds Swinb Term Rep testator's death thereof tion trust Ventr Vern vested Vict Vide supra void Wankford wife
Popular passages
Page 548 - ... 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 (x).
Page 543 - 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 545 - ... by the burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the same by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same.
Page 541 - ... all contingent, executory, or other future interests in any real or personal estate, whether the testator may or may not be ascertained as the person or one of the persons in whom the same respectively may become vested, and whether he may be entitled thereto under the instrument by which the same respectively were created, or under any disposition thereof by deed or will ; and also to all rights of entry for conditions broken, and other rights of entry...
Page 545 - ... that no will or codicil or any part thereof, which shall be in any manner revoked, shall be revived otherwise than by the re-execution thereof, or by a codicil executed in manner hereinbefore required, and showing an intention to revive the same ; and when any will or codicil which shall be partly revoked, and afterwards wholly revoked, shall be revived, such revival shall not extend to so much thereof as shall have been revoked before the revocation of the whole thereof, unless an intention...
Page 546 - 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 546 - ... shall be construed to include any real estate, or any real 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 544 - That if any person shall attest the execution of any will to whom or to whose wife or husband any beneficial devise, legacy, estate, interest, gift, or appointment, of or affecting any real or personal estate...
Page 544 - 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, customary heir, executor, or administrator, or the person entitled аз his or her next of kin, under the statute of distribution). XIX. And be it further enacted, that no will shall be revoked by any presumption of an...
Page 544 - ... be utterly null and void, and such person so attesting shall be admitted as a witness to prove the execution of such will, or to prove the validity or invalidity thereof, notwithstanding such devise, legacy, estate, interest, gift, or appointment, mentioned in such will.