Virginia Reports: Jefferson--33 Grattan, 1730-1880, Volumes 1-2; Volume 21Michie Company, 1903 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... issue in the life - time of John , sessed of several slaves , and of those slaves who had the negroes in possession ... issue , that then whatsoever is bequeathed to them the survivor shall have to him and his heirs and assigns . ' HELD ...
... issue in the life - time of John , sessed of several slaves , and of those slaves who had the negroes in possession ... issue , that then whatsoever is bequeathed to them the survivor shall have to him and his heirs and assigns . ' HELD ...
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... issue when he leaves no issue at his death . And wherever , by the words of a will , the vulgar acceptation can take place , law and equity will construe it so as not to frustrate the testator's intent . So in this case , the tes- tator ...
... issue when he leaves no issue at his death . And wherever , by the words of a will , the vulgar acceptation can take place , law and equity will construe it so as not to frustrate the testator's intent . So in this case , the tes- tator ...
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... issue , the the heirs of her body begotten forever . slaves in this case are no more than chat- plaintiff is certainly well entitled . But Mary had issue , a daughter , living at the time of the devise and the death of the tes- tels ...
... issue , the the heirs of her body begotten forever . slaves in this case are no more than chat- plaintiff is certainly well entitled . But Mary had issue , a daughter , living at the time of the devise and the death of the tes- tels ...
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... issue at her death ; in that case I conceive the absolute prop- erty vested in Mary , for I take the law to be very ... issue male : adjudged the issue male shall have it as an executory devise , though none in being at the time of the ...
... issue at her death ; in that case I conceive the absolute prop- erty vested in Mary , for I take the law to be very ... issue male : adjudged the issue male shall have it as an executory devise , though none in being at the time of the ...
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... issue , then to his issue ; but if he died without issue , living the father or mother , then to Edward . John died without issue , living the father and mother , and it was adjudged that the remainder over was good . Here the remainder ...
... issue , then to his issue ; but if he died without issue , living the father or mother , then to Edward . John died without issue , living the father and mother , and it was adjudged that the remainder over was good . Here the remainder ...
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Page 240 - ... as the devisee or legatee would have done, if he had survived the testator; unless a different disposition shall be made or required by .the will.
Page 353 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 75 - And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Page 87 - That the General Assembly of this colony, together with his majesty or his substitutes, have, in their representative capacity, the only exclusive right and power to lay taxes and imposts upon the inhabitants of this colony...
Page 73 - The eternal principles of natural religion are part of the common law. The essential principles of revealed religion are part of the common law; so that any person reviling, subverting, or ridiculing them may be prosecuted at common law.
Page 82 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the tenth day of August, AD 1829, in the fifty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, JP Dabney, of the said district, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit...
Page 51 - ... children got by an Englishman upon a Negro woman shall be bond or free according to the condition of the mother...
Page 276 - And in case there be no children nor any legal representatives of them, then one moiety of the said estate to be allotted to the wife of the intestate, the residue of the said estate to be distributed equally to every of the next of kindred of the intestate, who are in equal degree and those who legally represent them. VII. Provided, that there be no representations admitted among collaterals after brothers
Page 276 - Life time by Portion not equal to the Share which will be due to the other Children by such Distribution as aforesaid; then so much of the Surplusage of the Estate of such Intestate...
Page 276 - Surplusage to the Wife of the Intestate, and all the residue by equal portions, to and amongst the Children of such Persons dying Intestate and such Persons as legally represent such Children, in case any of the said Children be then Dead...