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3. Of the recent Statute of Wills concerning the Disposition of

Copyhold Property: herein as to the general Operation of the

Statute; as to the Disposition of Property not surrendered

to Use of Will; as to Disposition by unadmitted Devisor;

as to Estates pur autre vie, contingent and executory Interests,

Rights of Entry, and subsequently acquired Property. Page 81

4. Of the recent Statute of Wills with Reference to the Competency

of Persons to make Wills; the Will of a married Woman;

the Mode of executing a Will; the Consequence of a Witness

being a Devisee, Legatee, Creditor, or Executor; as to the

Re-publication of a Will, or the Revival thereof by Codicil;

and as to the Commencement and Extension of the Statute. 84

5. Of the Surrender to the Use of a Will: herein of the 55 G. 3, c. 192,

dispensing with a Surrender, and its Construction; of the Will

of a Joint Tenant and Mortgagor; of the Supplying of Sur-

renders by Courts of Equity; of the Effect of general Words

of Devise before and after the above Statute, and the Opera-

tion of that Statute thereon; and of the Enactment in the

recent Statute of Wills as to general Words of Devise. .. 88

6. Of the Interest devised and created, and the Devisee: herein of

Powers to sell; of Devise to customary Heir, and the Effect

thereon of the Statute for amending the Law of Inheritance;

of the Enactments in the recent Statute of Wills with Reference

to a residuary Devise, the Meaning attributable to certain

Words, and the Fee passing without Words of Limitation; of

the Interest taken by Trustees under Wills, and the Enact-

ments with Reference to a Devise to a Trustee or Executor,

and the Death of a Devisee in Tail, or of a Child or other

Issue of Testator, (being a Devisee or Legatee,) in Testator's

Lifetime..
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