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Page 43
... dower ; at twelve is at years of maturity , and therefore may consent or disagree to marriage , and , if proved to have sufficient discretion , may bequeath her personal estate ; at fourteen is at years of legal discretion , and may ...
... dower ; at twelve is at years of maturity , and therefore may consent or disagree to marriage , and , if proved to have sufficient discretion , may bequeath her personal estate ; at fourteen is at years of legal discretion , and may ...
Page 74
... dower ? -129 . Where the husband of a woman is seized of an estate of in- heritance , and dies in this case , the wife shall have the third part of all the lands and tenements , whereof he was seized at any time during the coverture ...
... dower ? -129 . Where the husband of a woman is seized of an estate of in- heritance , and dies in this case , the wife shall have the third part of all the lands and tenements , whereof he was seized at any time during the coverture ...
Page 75
... dower ; common law . no , not even for adultery itself , by the 16. For what is dower granted ? -180 . For the sustenance of the wife , and the nurture and educa- tion of the children . 17. How is dower lost ? -131 . Widows of traitors ...
... dower ; common law . no , not even for adultery itself , by the 16. For what is dower granted ? -180 . For the sustenance of the wife , and the nurture and educa- tion of the children . 17. How is dower lost ? -131 . Widows of traitors ...
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... dower ad ostium ecclesiæ , and may either accept or refuse it , and be- take herself to her dower at common law ; for she was not capa- ble of consenting to it during coverture . 26. What , if by any fraud or accident , a jointure made ...
... dower ad ostium ecclesiæ , and may either accept or refuse it , and be- take herself to her dower at common law ; for she was not capa- ble of consenting to it during coverture . 26. What , if by any fraud or accident , a jointure made ...
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... dower be forfeited by the treason of the husband , yet lands settled in jointure remain unimpeached to the widow . CHAPTER IX . OF ESTATES LESS THAN FREEHOLD . 1. Of what sorts are estates less than freehold ? -140 Of three sorts : 1st ...
... dower be forfeited by the treason of the husband , yet lands settled in jointure remain unimpeached to the widow . CHAPTER IX . OF ESTATES LESS THAN FREEHOLD . 1. Of what sorts are estates less than freehold ? -140 Of three sorts : 1st ...
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absolute act of parliament action alien ancestor ancient benefit of clergy blood called cause CHAPTER chattels chose in action civil committed common law contract conveyance coparcenary copyhold corporation court court of equity coverture crime crown custom damages death debt deed defendant descend dower duties England equity escheat execution executor fee-simple felony feme covert feodal feoffment forfeiture freehold grant grantor guardian hath heirs hereditaments homicide husband indictment inheritance injury interest issue joint-tenants judges judgment jurisdiction jury justice kinds king king's knight-service lands and tenements lease liberty livery of seizin lord marriage matter oath offense original owner parliament particular estate party person plaintiff plea possession prerogative principal prisoner punishment reason recover remainder remedy rent rule seized sheriff Sir Edward Coke socage sorts species statute tenant tenure things tion trespass trial usually vested villein whereby wherein wife words writ
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Page 49 - THERE is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of . property ; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world} in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe.
Page 2 - Commentaries remarks, that this law of Nature being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries and at all times; no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this, and such of them as are valid, derive all their force, and all their validity, and all their authority, mediately and immediately, from this original...
Page 88 - AN estate in reversion is the residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out by him q.
Page ix - Then welcome business, welcome strife, Welcome the cares, the thorns of life, The visage wan, the pore-blind sight, The toil by day, the lamp by night, The tedious forms, the solemn prate, The pert dispute, the dull debate, The drowsy bench, the babbling hall, For thee, fair Justice, welcome all!
Page 73 - As, if an estate be granted to a woman during her widowhood, or to a man until he be promoted to a benefice : in these, and similar cases, whenever the contingency happens,- when the widow marries, or when the grantee obtains a benefice, the respective estates are absolutely determined and gone*.
Page 55 - AN incorporeal hereditament is a right issuing out of a thing corporate (whether real or personal) or concerning, or annexed to, or exercisable within, the same (a).
Page 318 - So, if a man takes another in the act of adultery with his wife, and kills him directly upon the spot...
Page 194 - ... directed to the judge and parties, of a suit in any inferior court, commanding them to cease from the prosecution thereof, upon a suggestion, that either the cause originally, or some collateral matter arising therein, does not belong to that jurisdiction, but to the cognizance of some court.
Page 198 - Injuries affecting a man's health are where, by any unwholesome practices of another, a man sustains any apparent damage in his vigor or constitution. As by selling him bad provisions or wine; by the exercise of a noisome trade, which infects the air in his neighborhood; or by the neglect or unskilful management of his physician, surgeon, or apothecary.
Page 4 - Municipal law, thus understood, is properly defined to be a 'rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong.