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 |
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... nature of the pro- vision or the context of the act shall exclude such construction , be interpreted as follows ; ( that is to say , ) the word " will " shall extend " Will : " to a testament , and to a codicil , and to an ap- pointment ...
... nature of the pro- vision or the context of the act shall exclude such construction , be interpreted as follows ; ( that is to say , ) the word " will " shall extend " Will : " to a testament , and to a codicil , and to an ap- pointment ...
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... nature of customary free- holds without hold or tenant right , or customary or copy- before admit- hold , notwithstanding that the testator may tance , and also not have surrendered the same to the use of his will , or notwithstanding ...
... nature of customary free- holds without hold or tenant right , or customary or copy- before admit- hold , notwithstanding that the testator may tance , and also not have surrendered the same to the use of his will , or notwithstanding ...
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... nature of customary and copyholds freehold or tenant right , or customary or copy- the court rolls ; hold , shall be disposed of by will , the lord of the manor or reputed manor of which such real estate is holden , or his steward , or ...
... nature of customary and copyholds freehold or tenant right , or customary or copy- the court rolls ; hold , shall be disposed of by will , the lord of the manor or reputed manor of which such real estate is holden , or his steward , or ...
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... nature , the same shall be chargeable in the hands of the heir , if it shall come to him by reason of spe- cial occupancy , as assets by descent , as in the case of freehold land in fee simple ; and in case there shall be no special ...
... nature , the same shall be chargeable in the hands of the heir , if it shall come to him by reason of spe- cial occupancy , as assets by descent , as in the case of freehold land in fee simple ; and in case there shall be no special ...
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... nature directly devisable in all cases ; for which purpose it is declared that the general power of devising given by this section , " shall extend to all real estate of the nature of customary freehold or tenant right , or customary or ...
... nature directly devisable in all cases ; for which purpose it is declared that the general power of devising given by this section , " shall extend to all real estate of the nature of customary freehold or tenant right , or customary or ...
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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 |
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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.