 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 700 pages
...goods were to be divided into three equal farts : of which one went to his heirs or lineal defendants, another to his wife, and the third was at his own...moiety, and the other went to his children ; and fo «• convfrfo, if he had no children the wife w^s entitled to one moiety, and he might bequeath the... | |
 | John Elihu Hall - Law - 1808 - 594 pages
...496. . By the common law of England, as it stood in the reign of Henry II. the personal estate was to be divided into three equal parts, of which one went to the heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal, &c. "... | |
 | 1812 - 702 pages
...goods wore to be divided into three parts, at whiA one went to his heirs, or lineal defceii•dants ; another to his wife ; and the third was at his own dif•pofal : or if he died withoat a wife, he might difpofe. of one moieîy, and the other went to his.children. if he had no... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 626 pages
...Glanvil will inform us q, that by the common law, as £ 4.92 ] it stood in the reign of Henry the second, a man's goods were to be divided into three equal parts ; of which one went to his heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and a third was at his own disposal : or, if he died without a wife,... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1836 - 852 pages
...will inform us (q), that by the common law, *as it stood in the [ * 492 ] reign of Henry the second, a man's goods were to be divided into three equal parts : of which one went to his heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal: or, if he died without a wife,... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE - 1837 - 468 pages
...contrary, Glanvil will inform us, that by the common law, as it stood in the reign of Henry the Second, a man's goods were to be divided into three equal parts : of which one went to his heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal ; or, if he died without a... | |
 | Richard Trott Fisher - Wills - 1837 - 108 pages
...contrary Glanvil, that by Proftrtif. ..".,._ the common law as it stood in the reign of Henry the Second, a man's goods were to be divided into three equal parts ; of which one went to his heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal : or, if he died without a... | |
 | William Blackstone, John Bethune Bayly - Law - 1840 - 764 pages
...1838, Of the distribution of a deceased's By the common law, in the reign of Hen. 2, a man's goods were divided into three equal parts ; of which one went to his heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third property by the i • ,. , -<.,,.,., ... , .1 common... | |
 | Peter Jeremie - Inheritance and succession - 1841 - 324 pages
...Bracton and Fleta, states " that Glanvil will inform us that as it stood in the reign of Henry the II., a man's goods were to be divided into three equal parts ; of which one went to his heirs, or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal: or, if he died without a wife,... | |
 | William Blackstone, James Stewart - Personal property - 1844 - 684 pages
...that by the common law, [ 492 ] as it stood in the reign of Henry the Second, a man's goods TO what it were to be divided into three equal parts : of which one went to his heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal : or, if he died without a... | |
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Glanvil informs us that by the common law, as it stood in the reign of Henry the Second, a man's goods were to be divided into three equal parts: of which one went to his heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal:... 
