 | Massachusetts - 1860 - 1158 էջ
...and they curte"y. y shall have issue born alive which might inherit the same, the husband ^f7'^.' 17' a disorderly manner, and after notice from the moderator pers a tenant isss! sot. thereof by the curtesy. ^Grayfis?. SECT. 20. When land is demised for the term... | |
 | Tapping Reeve - 1862 - 684 էջ
...be seised in her right of any estate of inheritance in lands, the husband shall, on the death of the wife, hold the lands for his life as tenant by the curtesy ; provided that, if the wife, at her death, shall leave issue by any former husband, to whom the estate... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - 1863 - 812 էջ
...provided he had issue by her born alive during the marriage, and capable of inheriting her estate : in this case he shall, on the death of his wife, hold...for his life, as tenant by the curtesy of England (s). If the lands, however, be in gavelkind, the rule is so far different that he shall hold no more... | |
 | Leonard Shelford, Great Britain - 1863 - 930 էջ
...has by her issue, born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate. In this case the husband shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant by the curtesy of England. (Litt. ss. 35,52; 2 Bl. Comm. 126.) Four circumstances are requisite for enabling the husband to be... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1865 - 642 էջ
...estate of inheritance, and has by her issue, born alive, which was capable of inheriting her «state. In this case he shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant by the courtesy of England. There are four requisites to make a tenancy by the courtesy:—1. The marriage... | |
 | Montana (Ter.) - 1869 - 810 էջ
...separate use free from the control of her husband of any estate of inheritance in lands, the husband shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life as a tenant thereof by the courtesy : Provided, That if the wife at her death leaves issue by any former... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1872 - 776 էջ
...fee-simple or fee-tail ; and has by her issue, born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate. In this case, he shall, on the death of his wife,...for his life, as tenant by the curtesy of England, (c) (7) This estate, according to Littleton, has its denomination, because it is used within the realm... | |
 | William Blackstone, David Mitchell Aird - 1873 - 386 էջ
...fee-simple or fee-tail, and has had by her, issue born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate. In this case, he shall, on the death of his wife,...for his life, as tenant by the curtesy of England. For if a woman seised of lands has issue by her husband and dies, the husband is the natural guardian... | |
 | John Proffatt - 1874 - 156 էջ
...fee-simple or fee-tail, and has by her issue born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate. In this case, he shall, on the death of his wife,...for his life as tenant by the curtesy of England." * Since a married woman in New York has by the statute of 1849, power to convey and devise her real... | |
 | Henry Aubrey Husband - 1874 - 400 էջ
...estate of inheritance, and has by her issue lorn alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate ; in this case, he shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life as tenant by the courtesy of England.' In this case, proof of live birth, as before mentioned, is of the slenderest... | |
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Tenant by the curtesy of England is where a man marries a woman seised of an estate of inheritance, that is, of lands and tenements in fee-simple or feetail, and has by her issue, born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate. In this case, he... 
