An Act for the Amendment of the Law with Respect to Wills (I Vict. C. 26): with Remarks Explanatory of the Several ClausesSaunders, 1837 - 88 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 9
Page 2
... debts , choses in action , rights , credits , goods , and all other property whatsoever which by law devolves upon the executor or administrator , and to any share or interest therein ; and every word importing the singular number only ...
... debts , choses in action , rights , credits , goods , and all other property whatsoever which by law devolves upon the executor or administrator , and to any share or interest therein ; and every word importing the singular number only ...
Page 12
... 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 at- testing the execution of such will , or the wife or husband of such ...
... 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 at- testing the execution of such will , or the wife or husband of such ...
Page 13
... debt or debts , and witness . any creditor , or the wife or husband of any creditor , whose debt is so charged , shall at- test the execution of such will , such creditor notwithstanding such charge shall be admitted a witness to prove ...
... debt or debts , and witness . any creditor , or the wife or husband of any creditor , whose debt is so charged , shall at- test the execution of such will , such creditor notwithstanding such charge shall be admitted a witness to prove ...
Page 30
... debts shall first of all be levied , and then the residue of the goods shall go to the executor to perform the will of the deceased ; and if nothing shall be owing to the crown , omnia catalla cedant defuncto ; salvis uxori ipsius et ...
... debts shall first of all be levied , and then the residue of the goods shall go to the executor to perform the will of the deceased ; and if nothing shall be owing to the crown , omnia catalla cedant defuncto ; salvis uxori ipsius et ...
Page 36
... debts . And upon the construction of the statute , it is held not to extend to copyholds , because it could not be intended to prejudice the right of the lord ; on the contrary , with respect to rents and other incorporeal hereditaments ...
... debts . And upon the construction of the statute , it is held not to extend to copyholds , because it could not be intended to prejudice the right of the lord ; on the contrary , with respect to rents and other incorporeal hereditaments ...
Other editions - View all
An ACT for the Amendment of the Law with Respect to Wills, (1 Vict. C. 26 ... Richard Trott Fisher,Great Britain No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
act passed admitted a witness alteration bequeath bequest clause codicil common law construed contingent contrary intention copyhold estates customary freehold customary heir customary or copyhold death debts declared devisor dispose disposition entitled estate or interest estate tail estates pur autre executed in manner executor or administrator extend failure of issue fee simple freehold estates further enacted House of Lords incorporeal hereditament intention shall appear intituled An Act issue living lapse leasehold estates leaving issue manor notwithstanding operation parliament of Ireland payable in respect personal estate personal property power of devising present prove the execution province of York pur autre vie quia emptores re-executed real estate real or personal Real Property reign of King Report of Real revived revocation revoked right of entry rule SECT socage special occupant stamp duties Statute of Frauds surrender tator tenant right testamentary power testator's tion trustees unless a contrary witness to prove words
Popular passages
Page 18 - And be it further enacted, that where any real estate shall be devised to any person without any words of limitation, such devise shall be construed to pass the fee simple, or other the whole estate or interest which the testator had power to dispose of by will in such real estate, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
Page 20 - Bequest 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.
Page 10 - Hereditament, it shall go to the Executor or Administrator of the Party that had the Estate thereof by virtue of the Grant...
Page 18 - die without leaving issue," or "have no issue," 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...
Page 15 - 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 13 - 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 as his or her next of Itia, under the statute of distributions) . XIX.
Page 12 - 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 11 - That no appointment made by will, in exercise of any power, shall be valid, unless the same be executed in manner herein-before required; and every will executed in manner hereinbefore required shall, so far as respects the execution and attestation thereof, be a valid execution of a power of appointment by will, notwithstanding it shall have been expressly required that a will made in exercise of such power should be executed with some additional or other form of execution or solemnity.
Page 14 - Will after the Execution thereof shall be valid or have any Effect, except so far as the Words or Effect of the Will before such Alteration shall not be apparent...
Page 14 - ... some writing declaring an intention to revoke the same, and executed in the manner in which a will is hereinbefore required to bo executed, or 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.