Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During the Time of Lord Chancellor Eldon, Volume 1A. Strahan, 1827 - Court rules |
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affidavit alleged annuities answer appointed assets assignment Bank Bank of England bequeathed bequest bond cent charge child or children chose in action circumstances claim clause codicil conveyance Cook's Green costs Court court of equity covenant coverture creditors daughters death debts decease declared decree deed Defendants devised died directed dividends effect entitled equity estate tail executed executors fund heirs Hunter husband indenture intention interest issue John Joshua Field Lady lands legacy Lord Chancellor Lord Hardwicke marriage Master ment moiety mortgage opinion paid parish parties payment personal estate Plaintiff possession premises purchase PURDEW question real estate release remainder rents residuary legatee residue respect Roberts ROLLS SANDAU settlement share Sir William Smyth Smith solicitor Sugden suit surviving survivor tenant terce term testator's testatrix thereof Thomas Thomas Plumer trust valuable consideration vested wife wife's William Wynne
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Page 559 - Cholmondeley sealed and delivered in the presence of and to be attested by two or more credible witnesses...
Page 525 - Whitaker, or any or either of them, or by any other person or persons by their or either of their order, or for their or any or either of their use...
Page 98 - ... or to the hands of any other person by their or either of their order, or for their or either of their use...
Page 563 - ... or unless the same be altered by some other will or codicil in writing, or other writing of the devisor, signed in the presence of three or four witnesses declaring the same; any former law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 455 - Defendant, may be issued against any Member or Members for the Time being of such Corporation or Copartnership ; and that in case any such Execution against any Member or Members for the Time being of any such Corporation or Copartnership...
Page 495 - A deceased, by his will, devised and bequeathed the residue of his real and personal...
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Page 135 - And it is ordered that the said Master do take an account of the said testator's debts, funeral expenses, and of the legacies given by his will.
Page 607 - I still continue of opinion, that all assignments made by the husband of the wife's outstanding personal chattel, which is not or cannot be then reduced into possession, whether the assignment be in bankruptcy, or under the insolvent acts, or to trustees for the payment of debts.
Page 565 - Where a testator by his will gave all his real and personal estate to his wife " for her life, she to have the same power of sale and control over said property as I could have in my own proper person...