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... fact . The dif- ferences between the law of personal property and the law of real property date from the days of Glanvil and Bracton ; and these differences are nowhere more strongly marked than in the law of succession ; for part of ...
... fact . The dif- ferences between the law of personal property and the law of real property date from the days of Glanvil and Bracton ; and these differences are nowhere more strongly marked than in the law of succession ; for part of ...
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... fact will bear the blood feud and share the ' wer ' depends upon the par- ticular individual killed . There may be groups of kindred who till the soil and hold together so closely that they can defy the king . The individuals who ...
... fact will bear the blood feud and share the ' wer ' depends upon the par- ticular individual killed . There may be groups of kindred who till the soil and hold together so closely that they can defy the king . The individuals who ...
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... fact that a man's child gets at birth a right to hinder the dissipation of that , which in course of time , will naturally be his , is now put forth as a definite rule . We have traces of this in Glanvil3 ; if a man's land is divisible ...
... fact that a man's child gets at birth a right to hinder the dissipation of that , which in course of time , will naturally be his , is now put forth as a definite rule . We have traces of this in Glanvil3 ; if a man's land is divisible ...
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... fact already noticed that as yet no accurate technical idea of a will has arisen ; it is doubtful , e . g . if they are revocable ; it is doubt- ful if they operate only at death . They seem to partake equally of the will , the ...
... fact already noticed that as yet no accurate technical idea of a will has arisen ; it is doubtful , e . g . if they are revocable ; it is doubt- ful if they operate only at death . They seem to partake equally of the will , the ...
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... fact , however , that about this time the Church did get complete control over the other two branches of this jurisdiction was possibly decisive in favour of this closely allied branch of the same jurisdiction . 4 ( b ) We have seen ...
... fact , however , that about this time the Church did get complete control over the other two branches of this jurisdiction was possibly decisive in favour of this closely allied branch of the same jurisdiction . 4 ( b ) We have seen ...
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61 Vict adminis affidavit alter ancestor apply appointed assets attest bankruptcy Bracton brother Chancery Division chattels choses in action claim clause codicil common law copyhold Courts of Equity creditors death deceased descendants devise died dispose disposition donatio mortis causa dower duly executed Ecclesiastical Courts enacts entitled equity escheat executor or administrator Exors favour fee simple gift given grant of administration grant of probate heir held husband inheritance intention intestacy intestate succession issue judgment jurisdiction Land Transfer Act law of succession legacies legatee Lord marriage married woman paid payment of debts personal estate personal representative personalty Plaintiff possession Probate Division probate in common purchaser real estate Real Property realty recover residuary revocation revoked rule seised signature simple contract solemn form Statute of Frauds Statutes of Distribution sued Supra testamentary testator's trust vested wife Williams witnesses
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Page 262 - ... accordingly, if the said being thereunto required, do render and deliver the said letters of administration (approbation of such testament being first had and made) in the said court, then this obligation to be void and of none effect, or else to remain in full force and virtue.
Page 53 - No obliteration, interlineation, or other alteration made in any 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 78 - And be it further enacted, that every will shall be construed, with reference to the real estate and personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
Page 51 - 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 Kin, under the Statute of Distributions) . XIX.
Page 53 - ... 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.
Page 261 - ... and credits of the said deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of him the said A. B., or into the hands and possession of any other person...
Page 80 - ... 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 98 - Charity' in its legal sense comprises four principal divisions: trusts for the relief of poverty; trusts for the advancement of education; trusts for the advancement of religion; and trusts for other purposes beneficial to the community, not falling under any of the preceding heads.
Page 186 - ... provided that nothing herein contained shall alter or affect the order in which real and personal assets respectively are now applicable in or towards the payment of funeral and testamentary expenses, debts, or legacies, or the liability of real estate to be charged with, the payment of legacies.
Page 266 - NB — This writ is to be served within twelve calendar months from the date thereof, or, if renewed, within six calendar months from the date of the last renewal, including the day of such date, and not afterwards. The defendant...