The American Jurist: And Law Magazine, Volume 2Freeman & Bolles, 1839 - Law |
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... deed , bond , or other specialty , may be avoided by a plea of lunacy , if , at the time it was executed , the contract- ing party was non compos mentis . " " The law has been held in the same way , by the court in Connecticut ; 3 by ...
... deed , bond , or other specialty , may be avoided by a plea of lunacy , if , at the time it was executed , the contract- ing party was non compos mentis . " " The law has been held in the same way , by the court in Connecticut ; 3 by ...
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... deed of land , made by a person non compos , is voidable only , but not void ; and , therefore , 4 1 See 1 Siderfin , 112 , where is cited Hill and Blackton's case , Trin . 15 Jac . 2 See Bac . Abr . Idiots and Lunatics ; 1 Black . Comm ...
... deed of land , made by a person non compos , is voidable only , but not void ; and , therefore , 4 1 See 1 Siderfin , 112 , where is cited Hill and Blackton's case , Trin . 15 Jac . 2 See Bac . Abr . Idiots and Lunatics ; 1 Black . Comm ...
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And Law Magazine. the deed of such a person conveys a seizin . In some states of the union , the deeds of persons non compotes mentis , made after they are put under guardianship , are declared by statute to be utterly void . As to real ...
And Law Magazine. the deed of such a person conveys a seizin . In some states of the union , the deeds of persons non compotes mentis , made after they are put under guardianship , are declared by statute to be utterly void . As to real ...
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... deed executed by her , except in conjunction with her husband . The hus- band can make no contract with her , nor bestow any pro- perty upon her . If a third person give or bequeath any thing to her , it becomes the husband's ; and any ...
... deed executed by her , except in conjunction with her husband . The hus- band can make no contract with her , nor bestow any pro- perty upon her . If a third person give or bequeath any thing to her , it becomes the husband's ; and any ...
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... deeds for the county where they may belong . 9. SLAVES . The condition of slaves , in this country , is analogous to that of the slaves of the ancients , -the Greeks and Romans , and not that of the villeins of feudal times . They are ...
... deeds for the county where they may belong . 9. SLAVES . The condition of slaves , in this country , is analogous to that of the slaves of the ancients , -the Greeks and Romans , and not that of the villeins of feudal times . They are ...
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