Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books; with an Analysis of the Work. With a Life of the Author, and Notes: by Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland: and Also References to American Cases, Band 1W.E. Dean, 1838 |
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... ancestor to two or more persons ; who are called parceners , and all toge- ther make but one heir 7. Parceners have an unity of interest , title , and possession ; but are only seis- ed per my , and not per tout : wherefore there is no ...
... ancestor to two or more persons ; who are called parceners , and all toge- ther make but one heir 7. Parceners have an unity of interest , title , and possession ; but are only seis- ed per my , and not per tout : wherefore there is no ...
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... ancestor , acquires a title to his estate , in right of repre- sentation , as his heir - at - law 3. To understand the doctrine of de- scents , we must form a clear notion of consanguinity ; which is the connec- tion or relation of ...
... ancestor , acquires a title to his estate , in right of repre- sentation , as his heir - at - law 3. To understand the doctrine of de- scents , we must form a clear notion of consanguinity ; which is the connec- tion or relation of ...
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... ancestor . CHAPTER XXIII . 365 368-370 371 373 to 381 OF ALIENATION BY DEVISE 1. Devise is a disposition of lands and tenements , contained in the last will and testament of the owner 2. This was not permitted by the com- mon law , as ...
... ancestor . CHAPTER XXIII . 365 368-370 371 373 to 381 OF ALIENATION BY DEVISE 1. Devise is a disposition of lands and tenements , contained in the last will and testament of the owner 2. This was not permitted by the com- mon law , as ...
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... his parishioners 425 4. Heir - looms are such personal chat- tels , as descend by special custom to the heir , along with the inheritance of his ancestor 427 CHAPTER XXIX . OF TITLE BY SUCCESSION , MARRIAGE , xxxiv ANALYSIS OF BOOK II .
... his parishioners 425 4. Heir - looms are such personal chat- tels , as descend by special custom to the heir , along with the inheritance of his ancestor 427 CHAPTER XXIX . OF TITLE BY SUCCESSION , MARRIAGE , xxxiv ANALYSIS OF BOOK II .
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... ancestor before his transgression , clear and perfect , unruffled by passions , unclouded by prejudice , unimpaired by disease or intempe- rance , the task would be pleasant and easy ; we should need no other guide but this . But every ...
... ancestor before his transgression , clear and perfect , unruffled by passions , unclouded by prejudice , unimpaired by disease or intempe- rance , the task would be pleasant and easy ; we should need no other guide but this . But every ...
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Seite 353 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Seite 403 - I proceed to distribute and consider its several objects. •There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, [ *2 ] and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property ; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe.
Seite 353 - For this reason, a man cannot grant any thing to his wife, or enter into covenant with her ; for the grant would be to suppose her separate existence; and to covenant with her, would be only to covenant with himself...
Seite 317 - For as to the strength of body, the weakest has strength enough to kill the strongest, either by secret machination, or by confederacy with others, that are in the same danger with himself.
Seite 322 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Seite 114 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws, concerning matters of all possible denominations...
Seite 114 - ... this being the place where that absolute despotic power which must in all governments reside somewhere, is entrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms. All mischiefs and grievances, operations and remedies, that transcend the ordinary course of the laws, are within the reach of this extraordinary tribunal.
Seite 100 - Majesty, that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of parliament...
Seite 46 - ... as well to keep the scale of justice even and steady, and not liable to waver with every new judge's opinion ; as also because the law in that case being solemnly declared and determined, what before was uncertain, and perhaps indifferent, is now become a permanent rule, which it is not in the breast of any subsequent judge to alter or vary from, according to his private sentiments...
Seite 26 - This law of nature being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times ; no human laws are of any validity, if contrary to this ; and such of them as are valid derive all their force, and all their authority, mediately or immediately, from this original.