 | William Blackstone, James Stewart - Personal property - 1844 - 684 pages
...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,...lands for his life, as tenant by the curtesy -— ^ of England.11 This estate, according to Littleton, has its denomination, because it is used within the... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1846 - 1178 pages
...inheritance in lands, and has by her issue born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate, he shall on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life as tenant by •the curtesy. [2 Bla. Com. 126 ; Step. Com. 246 ; 1 Lomax, .65-6.] Whether this estate is a consequence of feudal... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1867 - 624 pages
...any man and his wife shall be seized in her right of any estate of inheritance in lands, the husband shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life as tenant thereof by the curtesy : Provided, that if the wife, at her death, shall leave issue by any former... | |
 | Great Britain, Leonard Shelford - 1856 - 856 pages
...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 of England. ( l.in . ss. 35, 51 ; 2 Bl. Comm. 126.) Four circumstances are requisite for enabling the husband to... | |
 | Robley Dunglison - 1856 - 768 pages
...inheritance, and has, by her, issue born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate, — in such case he shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life as tenant by the courtesy of England. It has, consequently, been a point of moment for the husband to show, that the... | |
 | John Jordan - Enstone (England) - 1857 - 500 pages
...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,...for his life, as tenant by the curtesy of England. This estate, according to Littleton, has its denomination, because it is used within the realm of England... | |
 | District of Columbia - Law - 1857 - 788 pages
...legal or equitable, in lands, and shall have issue born alive which might inherit the same, the husband shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life as tenant by the curtesy. SEC. '38. If the husband shall abandon his wife without just cause, and live apart from her, he shall... | |
 | Michigan - 1857 - 1012 pages
...by the curte<jr. jn jier right of any estate of inheritance in lands, the husband 2 Mich. p.eP., 93. shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant thereof by the curtesy : Provided, that if the wife, at her death, shall leave issue by any former... | |
 | Michigan, Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Law - 1857 - 998 pages
.... by the curtcsy. m her right of any estate or inheritance in lands, the husband 2 inch. Rep., 93. shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant thereof by the curtesy : Provided, that if the wife, at her death, shall leave issue by any former... | |
 | Theodric Romeyn Beck - 1860 - 910 pages
...estate of inheritance, 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,...his life, as tenant by the curtesy of England."|| The exposition of commentators is as * Chaussier, Viabilite, p. 3. f Capuron, p. 198. J Ibid., p. 9.... | |
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Tenant by the curtesy of England is where a man marries a woman seised of an estate of inheritance, that is, of lands and tenements in fee-simple or feetail, and has by her issue, born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate. In this case, he... 
