 | MARSHALL D. EWELL - 1888 - 368 pages
...out of possession, the contingent remainder might still take effect. It is rule of law that "whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and meet in one...merged, that is, sunk or drowned, in the greater." From the operation of this rule, an estate tail is preserved by the effect of the statute De donis.... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1890 - 850 pages
...we conclude the doctrine of remainders and reversions, it may be proper to observe, that f whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and meet in one...intermediate estate/ the less is immediately annihilated ;J or, in the law phrase, is said to be merged, that is, sunk or drowned, in the greater. §Thus, if... | |
 | John C. Devereux - Law - 1891 - 432 pages
...incidents to a reversion? — 176. Fealty and rent. 29. What is the doctrine of merger ? — 177. Whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and meet in one...estate, the less is immediately annihilated ; or, is said, in law phrase, to be merged, that is, sunk or drowned in the greater. CHAPTER XII. OF ESTATES... | |
 | Louis Arthur Goodeve - Real property - 1891 - 606 pages
...of the! term, provided that there is no intervening estate (h). Says Blackstone (i) : — " Whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and meet in one and i the same person, without any intermediate estate, the less is immediately 1 annihilated ; or, in... | |
 | Joshua Williams - Conveyancing - 1892 - 780 pages
...•ee Dot d. Davia v. ffataert, 5 (») Fearne, Cont. Rem. 286. It is a rule of law, that " whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and meet in one...immediately annihilated ; or, in the law phrase, is said to Merger. be merged, that is, sunk or drowned in the greater " (a). From the operation of this rule,... | |
 | William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague - Law - 1893 - 558 pages
...Before we conclude the doctrine of remainders and reversions, it may be proper to observe, that whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and meet in one...be merged, that is, sunk or drowned in the greater. Thus, if there be tenant for years, and the reversion in fee-simple descends to or is purchased by... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 1148 pages
...and meet In one and the same person in the same right, without any Intermediary estate, the lesser Is Immediately annihilated, or. In the law phrase,...merged — that is, sunk or drowned— in the greater. In equity the rule is different Rumpp v. Gerkens, 59 Cal. 496. If a trustee holds a leasehold estate... | |
 | Joshua Williams, Thomas Cyprian Williams - Conveyancing - 1896 - 786 pages
...continues, so long, in the eye of the law, does his estate last (z). It is a rule of law, that " whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and meet in one...immediately annihilated ; or, in the law phrase, is Merger. said to be merged, that is, sunk or drowned in the greater " («)• From the operation of... | |
 | Probate law and practice - 1896 - 766 pages
...had in the same land from his assignee in bankruptcy. It is stated in 3 Bl. Comm. 177, that "whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and meet in one...is immediately annihilated; or, in the law phrase, it is said to be 'merged' — that is, sunk or drowned — in the greater." There is nothing in the... | |
 | Louis Arthur Goodeve - Real property - 1897 - 632 pages
...of the term, provided that there is no intervening estate (n). Says Blackstone (<>) : — " Whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and meet in one...merged," that is, sunk or drowned, in the greater." Thus, where the " termor " (that is, the person in whom the term is vested) acquires an estate of freehold... | |
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Before we conclude the doctrine of remainders and reversions, it may be proper to observe, that f whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and meet in one and the same person, without any intermediate estate/ the less is immediately annihilated;!... 
