Commentaries on American Law, Volume 4O. Halsted, 1830 - 1826-1830 |
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... parties to a devise , ( 3. ) Of things devisable , Page 489 id . 493 497 ( 4. ) The execution and revocation of wills , 501 ( 5. ) Of the construction of them , 519 PART VI . OF THE LAW CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY . Will CONTENTS .
... parties to a devise , ( 3. ) Of things devisable , Page 489 id . 493 497 ( 4. ) The execution and revocation of wills , 501 ( 5. ) Of the construction of them , 519 PART VI . OF THE LAW CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY . Will CONTENTS .
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... parties be ever so clearly expressed in the deed , a fee can- not pass without the word heirs . The rule was founded originally on principles of feudal policy , which no longer exist , and it has now become entirely technical . A feudal ...
... parties be ever so clearly expressed in the deed , a fee can- not pass without the word heirs . The rule was founded originally on principles of feudal policy , which no longer exist , and it has now become entirely technical . A feudal ...
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... party to call for a conveyance in fee , when it appears to have been the intention of the con tract to convey a fee , Thus stands the law of the land , without the aid of legis- lative provision . But in this country , the statute law ...
... party to call for a conveyance in fee , when it appears to have been the intention of the con tract to convey a fee , Thus stands the law of the land , without the aid of legis- lative provision . But in this country , the statute law ...
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... party to introduce at his pleasure any number of lives , on which the contingency of the executory estate depended , provided they were lives in being at the creation of the estate ; and to limit the remainder to them in succession ...
... party to introduce at his pleasure any number of lives , on which the contingency of the executory estate depended , provided they were lives in being at the creation of the estate ; and to limit the remainder to them in succession ...
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... parties , and the second by operation of law . ( 1. ) Estates for life by the agreement of the parties , were , at common law , freehold estates of a feudal nature , inas- much as they were conferred by the same forms and solem- nity as ...
... parties , and the second by operation of law . ( 1. ) Estates for life by the agreement of the parties , were , at common law , freehold estates of a feudal nature , inas- much as they were conferred by the same forms and solem- nity as ...
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Page 206 - It is a rule in law when the ancestor by any gift cr conveyance takes an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited, either mediately or immediately to his heirs in fee or in tail, that always in such cases 'the heirs' are words of limitation of the estate, and not words of purchase.
Page 288 - And therefore on a feoffment to A and his heirs, to the use of B and his heirs...
Page 303 - ... equity, shall be deemed to have a legal estate therein, of the same quality and duration, and subject to the same conditions, as his beneficial interest...
Page 303 - Where a grant for a valuable consideration shall be made' to one person, and the consideration therefor shall be paid by another, no use or trust shall result in favor of the person by whom such payment shall be made; but the title shall vest in the person named as the alienee in such conveyance, subject only to the provisions of the next section.
Page 203 - Every disposition of real property, whether by deed or by devise, shall be made directly to the person in whom the right to the possession and profits is intended to be vested, and not to...
Page 504 - Frauds it is enacted, that no devise in writing of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any clause thereof, shall be revocable otherwise than by some other will or codicil in writing, or other writing declaring the same, or by burning, cancelling, tearing, or obliterating the same, by the testator himself, or in his presence, and by his directions and consent...
Page 225 - ... the persons who, on the termination of the life estate, shall be the heirs, or heirs of the body of such tenant for life, shall be entitled to take as purchasers, by virtue of the remainder so limited to them.
Page 243 - ... a contingent remainder in fee may be created on a prior remainder in fee, to take effect in the event that the persons to whom the first remainder is. limited, die under the age of twenty-one years, or on any other contingency by which the estate of such persons may be determined before they attain full age.
Page 295 - Atk., 591, says, that by this means, a statute made upon great consideration, introduced in a solemn and pompous manner, has had no other effect than to add, at most, three words to a conveyance.
Page 207 - When a person takes an estate of freehold, legally or equitably, under a deed, will, or other writing, and in the same instrument there is a limitation by way of remainder, either with or without the interposition of another estate, of an interest of the same legal or equitable quality, to his heirs, or heirs of his body, as a class of persons to take in succession from generation to generation, the limitation to the heirs entitles the ancestor to the whole estate.