Decedent Estate Law of the State of New York, Chapter Thirteen of the Consolidated Laws (became a Law February 17, 1909: Chapter 18, Laws of 1909) Together with All Amendments, the Notes of the Board of Statutory Consolidation, Notes of the Original Revisers of the Revised Statutes, the Report of the Commissioners of Statutory Revision on the Originals, and the Full Text of All the Statutes Codified in the Decedent Estate Law, Also, an Introduction, Notes of Judicial Decisions and a Commentary, Historical and Expository, on the Text of the Statutes |
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... rule of succession at first confined to the greater fiefs , ultimately triumphed as a universal rule of descent at common law . That the triumph of primogeniture and the Statute de Donis are in some way connected with the disappearance ...
... rule of succession at first confined to the greater fiefs , ultimately triumphed as a universal rule of descent at common law . That the triumph of primogeniture and the Statute de Donis are in some way connected with the disappearance ...
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... rule became ulti- mately almost triumphant in English law in any succession to landed estates . That the Courts ... rules of succession ab intestato still prevail . The chancery jurisdiction over partition is conceded to be of very late ...
... rule became ulti- mately almost triumphant in English law in any succession to landed estates . That the Courts ... rules of succession ab intestato still prevail . The chancery jurisdiction over partition is conceded to be of very late ...
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... rules of that law concerning legal capacity and " infancy " vary much and are contradictory.73 A person may at common ... rule stated in the old Statute of Wills under twenty - one was the general non - age for making devises , at least ...
... rules of that law concerning legal capacity and " infancy " vary much and are contradictory.73 A person may at common ... rule stated in the old Statute of Wills under twenty - one was the general non - age for making devises , at least ...
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... rule , property acquired subsequently to the execution of the will did not pass under it.31 The Revised Stat- utes first changed this rule of construction so that it now does pass under a prior general devise or under a prior residuary ...
... rule , property acquired subsequently to the execution of the will did not pass under it.31 The Revised Stat- utes first changed this rule of construction so that it now does pass under a prior general devise or under a prior residuary ...
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... rule against perpetuities , as first stated in the Revised Statutes but now expressed in the Real Property Law . This rule , it will be remembered , precludes any creation or limitation of a future es- tate which suspends the power of ...
... rule against perpetuities , as first stated in the Revised Statutes but now expressed in the Real Property Law . This rule , it will be remembered , precludes any creation or limitation of a future es- tate which suspends the power of ...
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Popular passages
Page 242 - No will in writing, except in the cases hereinafter mentioned, nor any part thereof, shall be revoked, or altered, otherwise than by some other will in writing, or some other writing of the testator, declaring such revocation or alteration, and executed with the same formalities with which the will itself was required by law to be executed...
Page 520 - For wrongs done to the property, rights or interests of another, for which an action might be maintained against the wrong-doer, such action may be brought by the person injured, or after his death, by his executors or administrators...
Page 323 - debts " includes every claim and demand, upon which a judgment for a sum of money, or directing the payment of money, could be recovered in an action; and the word
Page 102 - There shall be at least two attesting witnesses, each of whom shall sign his name as a witness, at the end of the will, at the request of the testator.
Page 212 - ... be entitled to recover the same portion from the devisees and legatees, in proportion to and out of the parts devised and bequeathed to them by such will.
Page 199 - The witnesses to any will, shall write opposite to their names their respective places of residence; and every person who shall sign the testator's name to any will by his direction, shall write his own name as a witness to the will.
Page 195 - Where there is nothing in the context of a will from which it is apparent that a testator has used the words in which he has expressed himself in any other than their strict and primary sense, and where his words so interpreted are sensible with reference to extrinsic circumstances, it is an inflexible rule of construction that the words of the will shall be interpreted in their strict and primary sense, and in no other, although they may be capable of some popular or secondary interpretation...
Page 211 - Whenever a testator shall have a child born after the making of a last will, either in the lifetime or after the death of such testator...
Page 148 - A contingent remainder in fee, may be created on a prior remainder in fee, to take effect in the event that the persons to whom the first remainder is limited, shall die under the age of twenty-one years, or upon any other contingency, by which the estate of such persons may be determined before they attain their full age.
Page 91 - ... part of his or her estate, after the payment of his or her debts, and such devise or bequest shall be valid to the extent of one-half, and no more.