| William Blackstone - 1807 - 698 էջ
...operation of law ; andfiurcfiase, where the title is vested in him by his own act or agreement1 (1). DESCENT, or hereditary succession, is the title whereby...acquires his estate by right of representation, as his heir at law. An heir therefore is he upon whom the law casts the estate immediately on the death of... | |
| Massachusetts, William Charles White - 1810 - 208 էջ
...XLVI. DESCENT OF REAL ESTATE. UESCENT, or hereditary succession, is the title where* Bl. Cuiil. by a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate by right of representation, as his heir at law. An heir, therefore, is he upon whom the law casts the estate, im• mediately on the death... | |
| Sir Edward Coke, Sir Thomas Littleton, John Henry Thomas - 1818 - 752 էջ
...of law; the latter, where the title is vested by the person's own act and agreement. 1'oit, 18 a, b. Descent, or hereditary succession, is the title whereby...on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, as his heir at law. An heir, therefore, is he «pon •whom the law casts the estate immediately on... | |
| William Nicholson - 1819 - 426 էջ
...motion, for the laws of which see MICKAHJCi. DxscraT, or hereditary succession, is the title which a man on the death of his ancestor acquires his estate by right of representation, as his heir at law : and an estate so descending to the heir is in law called the inheritance. Descent is... | |
| William Nicholson - 1819 - 424 էջ
...motion, for the laws of which see MECHANICS. DESCENT, or hereditary succession, is the title which a man on the death of his ancestor acquires his estate by right of representation, as his heir at law : and an estate so descending to the heir is in law called the inheritance. Descent is... | |
| Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 էջ
...reduced by our law to two : descent, where title is vested in a man by the single operation of law ; and purchase, where the title is vested in him by his...acquires his estate by right of representation, as his heir at law. An heir therefore is he upon whom the law casts the estate immediately on the death of... | |
| George Crabb - 1823 - 704 էջ
...to things real are distinguished into titles by descent, and titles by purchase. Titles by Descent. Descent, or hereditary succession, is ' the title...acquires his estate by right of representation, as his heir at law. Descents depend upon the nature of consanguinity, or alliance by blood, which is either... | |
| 1823 - 896 էջ
...towards the centre of the earth. See GRAVITY and MECHANICS. DESCENT, or Hereditary Succession, in Law, is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor,...acquires his estate by right of representation, as his heir at ¡anr. An heir, therefore, is he upon whom the law ' ast-, the estate immediately on the death... | |
| Peter Lovelass - 1823 - 470 էջ
...property in himself which is to be trans- ; milled to his heir b . Descent or hereditary succession, is a title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor,...acquires his estate by right of representation, as his heir at law. An heir, therefore, is he upon whom the law casts the estale immediately on the death... | |
| sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 626 էջ
...operation of law ; and purchase, where the title is vested in him by his own act or agreement *. ( 1 ) DESCENT, or hereditary succession, is the title whereby...acquires his estate by right of representation, as his heir at law. An heir, therefore, is he upon whom the law casts the estate immediately on the death... | |
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