 | William Blackstone - 1807 - 698 páginas
...operation of law ; andfiurcfiase, where the title is vested in him by his own act or agreement1 (1). DESCENT, or hereditary succession, is the title whereby...estate by right of representation, as his heir at law. An heir therefore is he upon whom the law casts the estate immediately on the death of the ancestor... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 726 páginas
...see MECHANICS. DESCENT, or hereditary succe$jion, i» tin1 title of which a man on the death of hu ancestor acquires his estate by right of representation, as his heir at law : and . estate so descending to the heir is in liw called the inheritance. Descent is of three kinds... | |
 | Massachusetts, William Charles White - 1810 - 208 páginas
...XLVI. DESCENT OF REAL ESTATE. UESCENT, or hereditary succession, is the title where* Bl. Cuiil. by a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his...estate by right of representation, as his heir at law. An heir, therefore, is he upon whom the law casts the estate, im• mediately on the death of the ancestor... | |
 | Sir Edward Coke, Sir Thomas Littleton, John Henry Thomas - 1818 - 752 páginas
...of law; the latter, where the title is vested by the person's own act and agreement. 1'oit, 18 a, b. Descent, or hereditary succession, is the title whereby...on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, as his heir at law. An heir, therefore, is he «pon •whom the law casts the estate immediately on... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 424 páginas
...motion, for the laws of which see MECHANICS. DESCENT, or hereditary succession, is the title which a man on the death of his ancestor acquires his estate by right of representation, as his heir at law : and an estate so descending to the heir is in law called the inheritance. Descent is of three kinds;... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 426 páginas
...motion, for the laws of which see MICKAHJCi. DxscraT, or hereditary succession, is the title which a man on the death of his ancestor acquires his estate by right of representation, as his heir at law : and an estate so descending to the heir is in law called the inheritance. Descent is of three kinds;... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 páginas
...single operation of law ; and purchase, where the title is vested in him by his own act or agreement. Descent, or hereditary succession, is the title whereby...estate by right of representation, as his heir at law. An heir therefore is he upon whom the law casts the estate immediately on the death of the ancestor... | |
 | 1823 - 896 páginas
...towards the centre of the earth. See GRAVITY and MECHANICS. DESCENT, or Hereditary Succession, in Law, is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor,...estate by right of representation, as his heir at ¡anr. An heir, therefore, is he upon whom the law ' ast-, the estate immediately on the death of the... | |
 | Peter Lovelass - 1823 - 470 páginas
...property in himself which is to be trans- ; milled to his heir b . Descent or hereditary succession, is a title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor,...estate by right of representation, as his heir at law. An heir, therefore, is he upon whom the law casts the estale immediately on the death of the ancestor:... | |
 | Alexander Whellier - 1825 - 836 páginas
...has very different inheritable qualities from land taken by descent, the distinction is important. Descent, or hereditary succession, is the title whereby...estate by right of representation, as his heir at law. \n"heir, therefore, is he upon whom the law casts the estate immediately on the death of the ancestor... | |
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An heir, therefore, is he upon whom the law casts the estate immediately on the death of the ancestor: and an estate, so descending to the heir, is in law called the inheritance. 
