| Leonard Shelford, Great Britain - Land tenure - 1863 - 930 pages
...woman seised of an estate of inheritance, that is, of lands and tenements in fee simple or fee tail, and has by her issue, born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate. In this case the husband shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant by the curtesy... | |
| William Blackstone - Law - 1865 - 642 pages
...estate for life only. III. Tenant by the courtesy of England, is where a man marries a woman seised of an estate of inheritance, and has by her issue, born alive, which was capable of inheriting her «state. In this case he shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant by... | |
| William Blackstone - Law - 1869 - 694 pages
...estate for life only. III. Tenant by the courtesy of England, is where a man marries a woman seised of an estate of inheritance, and has by her issue,...was capable of inheriting her estate. In this case he shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant by the courtesy of England.... | |
| William Blackstone - Law - 1872 - 776 pages
...woman seised of an estate of inheritance, that is, of lands and tenements in fee-simple or fee-tail ; and has by her issue, born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate. In this case, he shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant by the curtesy of England,... | |
| David Mitchell Aird - Law - 1873 - 366 pages
...of an estate of inheritance ; that is, of lands and tenements in fee-simple or fee-tail, and has had by her, issue born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate. In this case, he shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant by the curtesy of England.... | |
| Joel Prentiss Bishop - Women - 1878 - 790 pages
...the act of the law. It occurs where a man marries a woman who is seised at any time during coverture of an estate of inheritance, and has by her issue born alive, and which might by possibility inherit the same estate as heir to the wife The estate is initiate on... | |
| Philip Herbert Hore - Land tenure - 1874 - 78 pages
...Wardecorne was a similar tenure. COURTESY. Tenure by courtesy is, according to Blackstone, where a man marries a woman seized of an estate of inheritance,...inheriting her estate; in this case, on the death of his wife, he holds the lands for his life as tenant by curtesy or courtesy. CARRUCATE or CARUCATE was... | |
| Henry Aubrey Husband - Medical jurisprudence - 1874 - 364 pages
...alteration or wrong position of parts. d. Tenancy by Courtesy. ' When a man marries a woman seised of an estate of inheritance, and has by her issue...was capable of inheriting her estate ; in this case, he shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life as tenant by the courtesy of England.'... | |
| John Proffatt - Women - 1874 - 156 pages
...woman seized of an estate of inheritance, that is of lands and tenements in fee-simple or fee-tail, and has by her issue born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate. In this case, he shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life as tenant by the curtesy of England."... | |
| Great Britain, Leonard Shelford, Thomas Henry Carson - Land tenure - 1874 - 940 pages
...woman seised of an estate of inheritance, that is, of lands and tenements in fee simple or fee tail, and has by her issue, born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate. In this case the husband shall, on the death of his 3 <J- 4 Will. 4, wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant... | |
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