| George Purcell Costigan - Executors and administrators - 1910 - 810 pages
...with males. "III. A third rule or canon of descent is this: That where there are two or more males, in equal degree, the eldest only shall inherit ; but the females all together.* * * * "IV. A fourth rule, or canon of descent, is this: That the lineal descendants, in infinitum,... | |
| Arthur William Norman - 1912 - 524 pages
...of consanguinity to the purchaser shall inherit, but the females shall inherit all together. 4. All the lineal descendants in infinitum of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor. DESCENT OP PERSONAL ESTATE. TABLE SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONAL ESTATE (INCLUDII<O LEASEHOLDS... | |
| Roscoe Pound - Common law - 1913 - 662 pages
...the female. III. A third rule or canon of descent is this: that where there are two or more males, in equal degree, the eldest only shall inherit; but the females all together. As if a man hath two sons, Matthew and Gilbert, and two daughters, Margaret and Charlotte, and dies;... | |
| William Livesey Burdick - Real property - 1914 - 1024 pages
...Primogeniture "A third rule or canon of descent is this: That where there are two or more males, in equal degree, the eldest only shall inherit; but the females all together." " This rule of male primogeniture has been changed by statute in the United States.'8 In this country,... | |
| John R. Cox - Admission to the bar - 1916 - 614 pages
...descent. 1. Inheritances shall lineally descend to the issue of the person who" last dies actually seized, but shall never lineally ascend. 2. The male issue...females all together. 4. The lineal descendants in is; fin i mm of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor; that is, shall stand in the same... | |
| Daniel Smith Remsen - Inheritance and succession - 1918 - 176 pages
...inherit ; but the females all together," p. *214. " IV. A fourth rule or canon of descent is this : that the lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person...their ancestor; that is, shall stand in the same place 19 Dec. Est. Law, § 91. 20 If so it descends to the heirs of such husband or wife. Dec. Est. Law,... | |
| Elliott Judd Northrup - Real property - 1919 - 480 pages
...case a brother is always preferred to a sister. THIRD CANON : Where there are two or more males, in equal degree, the eldest only shall inherit; but the females all together. As regards males, this is the rule of primogeniture, by which the oldest inherits all. In the case... | |
| Albert Martin Kales - Estates (Law) - 1920 - 1046 pages
...male collateral relations shall be preferred to the female. (3) When there are two or more males in equal degree the eldest only shall inherit, but the...together. (4) The lineal descendants in infinitum of any persons deceased shall represent their ancestor, that is, shall stand in the same place as the person... | |
| California, James Manford Kerr - Criminal law - 1923 - 680 pages
...lineally ascend. (2) The male issue shall be admitted before the female. (3) When two or more males are in equal degree, the eldest only shall inherit, but the...together. • (4) The lineal descendants, in infinitum, shall represent their deceased ancestor — that is, shall stand in the same place as he himself would... | |
| Olin W. Smith - Bar examinations - 1928 - 388 pages
...lineally ascend. (2) The male issue shall be admitted before the female. (3) When two or more males are in equal degree, the eldest only shall inherit, but the...together. (4) The lineal descendants, in infinitum, shall represent their deceased ancestor — that is, shall stand in the same place as he himself would... | |
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