 Kent, or the custom of any borough, or any other 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 directions, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence...  A Treatise on the Law of Evidence - Page 345by Samuel March Phillipps - 1815 - 520 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Great Britain. Courts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 584 pages
...how difficult it would be to attempt to reconcile the cases. The words of the statute are " devises to be in writing and signed by the party so devising...in his presence, and by his express direction,) and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor by three or four credible witnesses."... | |
 | Thomas Spence - Admission to the bar - 1864 - 456 pages
...revived, since the new law came into operation. A will to be valid under the prior law was required to be in writing, and signed by the party so devising...some other person in his presence, and by his express directions, and to be attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor by three or four... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1865 - 1004 pages
...material question here arises upon sect. 5, which enacts that all devises and bequests of lands "shall be in writing, and signed by the party so devising the...some other person in his presence and by his express directions, and shall be attested, &c." It may be conceded that, where a party is unable to write,... | |
 | Charles Fisk Beach (Jr.) - Wills - 1888 - 650 pages
...enacted by the Statute of Frauds (29 Charies IL ch. 3, § 5) that all devises and bequests should be in writing, and signed by the party so devising the...in his presence and by his express direction, and should be attested and subscribed in the presence of said devisor, by three or four credible witnesses.... | |
 | MARSHALL D. EWELL - 1888 - 368 pages
...devisable either by statute or the custom of Kent, or of any borough, or any other custom, should be in writing, and signed by the party so devising the...some other person in his presence and by his express directions, and should be attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor by three or four... | |
 | William Henry Whittaker, Ohio - Probate law and practice - 1888 - 848 pages
...hand written of type written, and such will shall be signed at the end thereof by the party making the same, or by some other person in his presence and by his express direction, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of such party, by two or more competent witnesses,... | |
 | John Chipman Gray - Personal property - 1890 - 988 pages
...Car. 2, c. 3, § 5, it is enacted, " that all devises and bequests of any lands or tenements shall be in writing, and signed by the party so devising the...some other person in his presence and by his express directions, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor, by three or four... | |
 | Louis Arthur Goodeve - Real property - 1891 - 606 pages
...word of mouth only. That statute, however, provided (7-) that devises of lands " shall pUt"I^ o£ be in writing and signed by the party so devising the...some other person in his presence and by his express directions, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor by three or four... | |
 | Henry Roscoe, Maurice Powell - Evidence (Law) - 1891 - 924 pages
...and bequests of any lands or tenements, " shall be in writing and signed by the party so devising tho same, or by some other person in his presence, and by his express directions, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor by throe or four... | |
 | Michel Mathieu - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 534 pages
...actes ; si le (1) Car. 2, S. 5. " That all devises and beques's of any lands or tenements " ahull be in writing, and signed by the party so devising the...some other person in his presence and by his express directions, and shall be " attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor by three or... | |
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