 No will made within this state, except such nuncupative wills as are mentioned in the following section, shall be effectual to pass any estate, whether real or personal, nor to charge, or in any way affect the same, unless it be in writing, and signed...  Massachusetts Reports - Page 473by Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1915Full view - About this book
 | New York (State) - Session laws - 1913 - 1202 pages
...last will and 11 Cur 2 e г* testament in writing, signed by such father or hy some other per* ' son in his presence and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed iu the presence of such father by three or more credible witnesses in such manner and form and from... | |
 | Sir John Comyns - Digests, etc - 1822 - 1042 pages
...bequest of lands devisable by custom is good, unless in writing signed by the devisor, or some other in his presence and by his express direction, and...attested and subscribed in his presence by three or four credible witnesses. Vide post, (E 1.) A devise of lands devisable by custom would not be void... | |
 | Samuel March Phillipps - Evidence (Law) - 1822 - 644 pages
...particular custom, shall be in writing, and signed by the party so devising the same, or by some other person in his presence and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor by three or four credible witnesses, or else they shall be utterly... | |
 | Benjamin James - Common law - 1822 - 730 pages
...exccpted) may dispose thereof by will, to be. signed by the person devising the same, or some other person in his presence, and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed by three credible witnesses, In the presence of the said devisor; and no devise in writing, of any... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1829 - 876 pages
...his life time, or by his last will and testament in writing, signed by such father, or by some other person in his presence, and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in the presence of such father, by three or more credible witnesses, in such manner and form, and from... | |
 | John Simcoe Saunders - Civil procedure - 1831 - 566 pages
...lands or tenements must be in writing, and signed by the party devising the same, or by some other person, in his presence, and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in the presence of the devisor by three or four credible witnesses, or else they shall be utterly void.... | |
 | Massachusetts - Law - 1836 - 1058 pages
...charge, or in any way affect the same, unless it be in writing, and signed by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed, in the presence of the testator, by three or more competent witnesses ; and if the witnesses are competent... | |
 | Michigan - Law - 1839 - 396 pages
...change or in any way to effect the same, unless it be in writing and signed by the testator, or by some person in his presence, and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by three or more competent witnesses, (if made within this state,) and... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - Ecclesiastical law - 1844 - 622 pages
...real estate Alteration? »as required to be signed by the party devising, or by some ^"^7 "'* other person in his presence and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed, in the presence of the devisor, by three or four credible witnesses. With regard to wills "f personal... | |
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