The Rights of Heirship, Or, The Doctrine of Descents and Consanguinity: As Applied by the Laws of England to the Succession of Real Property and Hereditaments, and as Affected by the New Statutes of Inheritance and Limitation : Including the Descent of Titular Honors and Coat Armour, and the Respective Rights of Participation in the Personal Estate of an Intestate Under the Statute of Distributions : Collected from the Law Authorities, Statutes and Reports, and Illustrated by Tables of Descent, Consanguinity, &c. &cH.K. Causton & Company, 1842 - 306 páginas |
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Página iii
... entitled to do so in the face of a pre- vious settlement . In a case of the latter kind , within the obser- vation of the writer , several suits were instituted , and the claimant under the will of course ultimately dispossessed ...
... entitled to do so in the face of a pre- vious settlement . In a case of the latter kind , within the obser- vation of the writer , several suits were instituted , and the claimant under the will of course ultimately dispossessed ...
Página xi
... entitled to the possession of rights they claim , are from such defi- ciency either totally unable to establish their just pretensions , or are only successful in doing so after years of research , and a vast consequent expendi- * 1 ...
... entitled to the possession of rights they claim , are from such defi- ciency either totally unable to establish their just pretensions , or are only successful in doing so after years of research , and a vast consequent expendi- * 1 ...
Página xiii
... entitled to the same ) , the father of the claimant having early in life offended his family , and being discarded from it , the lessor of the plaintiff is therefore put to the most strict proof his pedigree . † The first fact necessary ...
... entitled to the same ) , the father of the claimant having early in life offended his family , and being discarded from it , the lessor of the plaintiff is therefore put to the most strict proof his pedigree . † The first fact necessary ...
Página xvi
... entitled to the land , as the case may be , and that he is descended from them . As to the mode of proving these facts , nothing need be added to what has been already said , excepting that as we ad- vance nearer to our own time , more ...
... entitled to the land , as the case may be , and that he is descended from them . As to the mode of proving these facts , nothing need be added to what has been already said , excepting that as we ad- vance nearer to our own time , more ...
Página 33
... entitled to the inheritance . Tenant for life or his representatives shall not be prejudiced by any sudden determination of his estate , because such a determination is contingent and uncer- certain.§ Therefore , if a tenant for his own ...
... entitled to the inheritance . Tenant for life or his representatives shall not be prejudiced by any sudden determination of his estate , because such a determination is contingent and uncer- certain.§ Therefore , if a tenant for his own ...
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administrator amended rule arms attainted barony Blackstone canon chattels claim common ancestor common law condition consanguinity continue coparcenary copyhold coverture created curtesy custom daughters death deceased determine died dignity dower eldest emblements entitled escheat escutcheon estate tail exclusion executor father fee simple fee tail female feodal feud feudum freehold Geoffrey Stiles George Stiles grandfather grandmother grant grantor half blood hath heir hereditaments honor husband Ibid Inst interest intestate issue John Stiles joint tenants kindred king lease limited lineal ancestor Litt lord male manor marriage maternal grandmother's moiety mother parliament particular estate paternal pedigree Peere Williams person last seised personal estate Plowd preference propositus purchaser remainder rent right of possession Sect seised seisin Stat statute Table of Consanguinity Table of Descent tenancy in common tenant in tail tenure term uncle vested Vide antè whole blood wife writ writ of summons
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Página xii - There is no antidote against the opium of time, which temporally considereth all things : our fathers find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors.
Página 142 - ... such possession or receipt then such right shall be deemed to have first accrued at the time at which the person claiming as aforesaid or the person through whom he claims became entitled to such possession or receipt by virtue of such instrument.
Página 189 - ... shall mean the person who last acquired the land otherwise than by descent, or than by any escheat, partition, or inclosure, by the effect of which the land shall have become part of or descendible in the same manner as other land acquired by descent ; and the word "descent" shall mean the title to inherit land by reason of consanguinity, as well where the heir shall be an ancestor or collateral relation, as where he shall be a child or other issue; and the expression "descendants" of any ancestor...
Página 14 - But an hereditament, says Sir Edward Coke, is by much the largest and most comprehensive expression: for it includes not only lands and tenements, but whatsoever may be inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed.
Página 74 - That it needs not any particular estate to support it. 2. That by it a fee-simple, or other less estate, may be limited after a fee-simple. 3. That by this means a remainder may be limited of a chattel interest, after a particular estate for life created in the same.
Página 276 - ... parchment, is made out under the seal of the ordinary, and delivered to the executor or administrator, together with a certificate of its having been proved before him ; all which together is usually stiled the probate.
Página 170 - Consanguinity, or kindred, is defined by the writers on these subjects, to be viriculum personarum ab eodem stipite descendentium, the connection or relation of persons descended from the same stock or common ancestor. This consanguinity is either lineal or collateral. Lineal consanguinity is that which subsists between persons, of whom one is descended in a direct line from the other...
Página 30 - ... of the lands they had fairly bought ; of suits in consequence of which our ancient books are full : and treasons were encouraged ; as estates-tail were not liable to forfeiture longer than for the tenant's life. So that they were justly branded as the source of new contentions, and mischiefs unknown to the common law ; and almost universally considered as the common grievance of the realm.
Página 32 - For though, as there are no words of inheritance or heirs mentioned in the grant, it cannot be construed to be a fee, it shall, however, be construed to be as large an estate as the words of the donation will bear, and therefore an estate for life. Also such a grant at large, or a grant for term of life generally, shall be construed to be an estate for the life of the grantee...
Página 198 - The lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor ; that is, shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have done had he been living.