The Law of Devises, Last Wills, and Revocations |
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... allowed to transfer any share of their fruits or possessions , to procure fome- thing more ferviceable , which they wanted . Now the ways of transferring property must be either by alienation in the life of the poffeffor , or by ...
... allowed to transfer any share of their fruits or possessions , to procure fome- thing more ferviceable , which they wanted . Now the ways of transferring property must be either by alienation in the life of the poffeffor , or by ...
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... allowed ; for by this means a stranger might be admitted into the poffeffion of the feud , who might be unable to perform the fervices ; the ability of the latter being no lefs neceffary to affift the lord in his courts , than the vigor ...
... allowed ; for by this means a stranger might be admitted into the poffeffion of the feud , who might be unable to perform the fervices ; the ability of the latter being no lefs neceffary to affift the lord in his courts , than the vigor ...
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... allowed by the civil law only and corporate ; these were excepted , and be- to perfons in caufe they never anfwered the feudal fervices , and were reftrained from purchasing any who had not lands by ftatute of mortmain . extremis , time ...
... allowed by the civil law only and corporate ; these were excepted , and be- to perfons in caufe they never anfwered the feudal fervices , and were reftrained from purchasing any who had not lands by ftatute of mortmain . extremis , time ...
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... allowed in teftaments is , because the teftator is prefumed inops concilii at that time ; and tho ' by the feudal conftitution the feoffors in all conveyances are obliged by the very words of the firft donation made to them ; yet by the ...
... allowed in teftaments is , because the teftator is prefumed inops concilii at that time ; and tho ' by the feudal conftitution the feoffors in all conveyances are obliged by the very words of the firft donation made to them ; yet by the ...
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... began to fwell their terms beyond the compafs of a life ; and the judges , in 19 Eliz . allowed of thefe executory remainders of terms by devifes , E 2 devifes , as they had before by way of trust and Revocations . 51.
... began to fwell their terms beyond the compafs of a life ; and the judges , in 19 Eliz . allowed of thefe executory remainders of terms by devifes , E 2 devifes , as they had before by way of trust and Revocations . 51.
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Page 176 - Know all men by these presents, that I, Hattie C. Ruddell, of the county of Beaufort and state of South Carolina, being in ill health but of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make and publish this, my last will and testament...
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