 | John Jane Smith Wharton, John Mounteney Lely - Law - 1889 - 800 pages
...which obtain in cases of ancestors dying bffore 1st January, 1834, are the following : — (1) That inheritances shall lineally descend to the issue of the person who last died actually seised, in ii[finitum, but shall never lineally ascend. (2) That the male Issue shall be admitted before the female.... | |
 | John Chipman Gray - Personal property - 1890 - 988 pages
...made she took nothing but in expectancy, when she became heir per formam doni. CANONS OF DESCENT.1 1. INHERITANCES shall lineally descend to the issue of...actually seised in infinitum, but shall never lineally ascend.3 2. The male issue shall be admitted before the female. 3. Where there are two or more males... | |
 | John C. Devereux - Law - 1891 - 432 pages
...consanguineous. 9. What is the first rule, or canon of descent ? — 208-210. The first rule is that inheritances shall lineally descend to the issue of the person who last died actually seized, in infinitum , but 'shall never lineally ascend. 10. What is the difference between heirs apparent... | |
 | John Jane Smith Wharton - Law - 1892 - 806 pages
...which obtain in cases of ancestors dying before 1st January, 1834, are the following : — (1) That inheritances shall lineally descend to the issue of the person who last died actually seised, i» inßnitum, but shall never lineally ascend. (2) That the male issue shall be admitted before the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 1284 pages
...Commentaries, (page 207 et seq.,) are as follows: (1) The lirst rule is that inheritances shall llenally descend to the issue of the person who last died actually seised In Inflnltum; but shall never lineally ascend. (2) A second general rule or canon is that the male issue... | |
 | William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague - Law - 1893 - 558 pages
...of other nations. / I. The first rule is, that inheritances shall lineally descend to the is- \ sue of the person who last died actually seised in infinitum; but shall У \У ^ never lineally ascend. )J To explain the more clearly both this and the subsequent rules,... | |
 | William Blackstone (Sir) - Great Britain - 1897 - 838 pages
...or caucus of inheritance, according to which, estates are transmitted from the ancestor to the heir: who last died actually seised in infinitum, but shall never lineally ascend. Heirs Apparent and Presumptive. Bylaw, no inheritance can vest, nor can any person be the actual complete... | |
 | William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague - Law - 1899 - 570 pages
...founded, and in some cases their agreement with the laws of other nations. I. The first rule is, that inheritances shall lineally descend to the issue of...seised in infinitum; but shall never lineally ascend. To explain the more clearly both this and the subsequent rules, it must first be observed, that by... | |
 | George Washington Kirchwey - Real property - 1900 - 578 pages
...whereof you shall read more in his proper place. 4 GRAY, CAS. PROP., 9. Canons of Descent.1 — 1. Inheritances shall lineally descend to the issue of...male issue shall be admitted before the female. 3. Where there are two or more males in equal degree, the eldest only shall inherit, but the females all... | |
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I. The first rule is, that inheritances shall lineally descend to the issue of the person who last died actually seised in infinitum: but shall never lineally ascend. 
