...descendants in infinitum of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor; that is, shall stand in (he same place as the person himself would have done had he been living. Rule 5. That, on failure of lineal descendants or issue of the person last seised, the inheritance...

...the lineal descendants in infinitum of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor ; that is, shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have done had he been living. The three preceding rules also prevailed in the old law of descents. 5. That on failure of lineal descendants...

...lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased " shall represent their ancestor : that is, shall stand in the same place " as the person himself...had he been living." Thus, the child, grandchild, or great-grandchild, either male or female, of the eldest son, succeeds before the younger son, and...

...the lineal descendants in infinitum of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor, that is, shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have done had he been living."(m) Now, in what place would the deceased daughter have stood had she been living? Would she...

...shall find, that ' the lineal descendants of arty person deceased shall represent their ancestor, and stand in the same place as the person himself would have done, had he been living ;' and again, by the exposition of lord Coke of the word 'next,' we shall find, that it descent.«...

...the rule is that the lineal descendants of any person deceased represent their ancestor — that is, stand in the same place as the person himself would have done had he been living, it follows that the daughter of the deceased son is preferred to the widow's own daughters — apparently...

...lineal descendants, in infinitum., of any person deceased shall represent ilieir ancestor ; that is, shall stand in the same place as the person himself...had he been living." " Thus, the child, grandchild, or great-grandchild, either male or female, of the eldest son, succeeds before the younger son, and...

...ch. 36, rule 3 : " The lineal descendants of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor, and stand in the same place as the person himself would have done had he been living." In 4 Kent, 379, it is said, the law of Justinian adhered strictly to the doctrine of representation,...

...lineal descendants B — r— '' — - of any person deceased shall represent tteir ancestor, that is, shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have done bod he been living. If ttere should be no lineal descendant of B., then the kir of A. must be sought...

...infntium> °f апУ person deceased, *shall represent their ancestor; L •" that is, shall stand m the same place as the person himself would have done, had he been living. (18) Thus the child, grandchild, or great grandchild (either male or female) of the eldest son succeeds...