 | William Blackstone - Law - 1791 - 566 pages
...in him by his own a£t or agreement *. DESCENT, or hereditary fucceflion, is the title whereby a man on the death of his anceftor acquires his eftate by...immediately on the death of the anceftor: and an eftate, fo defcending to the heir, is in law called the inheritance. THE do&rine of defcents, or law of inheritances... | |
 | John Paul - Landlord and tenant - 1791 - 230 pages
...death of his anceftor, ac- j0^'"Cem. quires his eftate by right of rcprefentation as his heir at Jaw : AN HEIR therefore is he upon whom the law cafts the...immediately on the death of the anceftor ; and an eftate fo defcending to the heir, is called THE INHERITANCE. The do&rine of difcents or law of inheritances... | |
 | Peter Lovelass - Inheritance and succession - 1792 - 348 pages
...hereditary fucceffion, is a title whereby a man, on the deaih of his anceftor, acquires his eilate by right of reprefentation, as his heir at law. An...immediately on the death of the anceftor : and an eitate fodefcending to the heir, is in law called the inheritance. The doftrine of defcents, or law... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 700 pages
...by his own a£l or agreement ' ( i ). DESCENT, or hereditary fucceflion, is the title whencby a man on the death of his anceftor acquires his eftate by...An heir therefore is he upon whom the law cafts the cflatc immediately on the death of the anceftor : and an eftate, fo defcending to the heir, is in la%v... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 676 pages
...his own act or agreement ' ( i J; i DESCENT, or hereditary fucceffion, is the title whereby a tnan on the death of his anceftor acquires his eftate by right of representation, as his heir at law. An heir therefore is he upon whom the law cafts the eftate immediately... | |
 | William Cruise - Real property - 1804 - 596 pages
...hereditary fuccefllon is the title whereby a man, on the death of his anceflor, acquires his eftate, as his heir at law. An heir therefore is he upon whom...immediately on the death of the anceftor ; and an eftate fo defcending on the heir, is, in law, called the inheritance. § 2. Although the right of inheriting... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 698 pages
...the title whereby 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 immediately on the death of the ancestor : and an estate, so descending to the heir,... | |
 | Massachusetts, William Charles White - Law - 1810 - 208 pages
...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 : and an estate, so descending to the... | |
 | John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1818 - 714 pages
...ufually divided into two kinds. j. By defccnt, or hereditary fucceffion, which is the title whereby a man on the death of his anceftor acquires his eftate by right of reprefentation as his heir at law. 2. By purchafe, which taken in its largeft and moft extenfive fenfe, is thus defined by Littleton :... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - Constitutional law - 1823 - 872 pages
...the title whereby 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 immediately on the death of the ancestor : and an estate, so descending to the heir,... | |
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Descent, or hereditary succession, is the title whereby a man on the death of his ancestor acquires his estate by right of representation, as his heir at law. An heir... 
