 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1859 - 736 páginas
...See Formedon in the descender. DESCENT, Discent. [Lat. descensus ; Fr. discent.] The title by which a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his...estate by right of representation, as his heir at law. 2 Bl. Com. 201. Co. Litt. 13 b. 3 Cm. Dig. 362. 4 KenCs Com. 374. — Succession by law to an estate... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1865 - 642 páginas
...single operation of law; and purchase, where the title is vested in him by his own act or agreement. 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... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1867 - 926 páginas
...of law ; and purchase, where the title is vested in him by his own act or agreement (a) (2), (3).26 Descent, or hereditary succession, is the title whereby...acquires his estate by right of representation, as hie heir at law. An heir therefore is he upon whom the law casts the estate (a) Co LiU. 18. (2) Purchase... | |
 | John C. Devereux - 1868 - 444 páginas
...parties. 3. What is a descent or hereditary possession f — 374. It is the title whereby a person, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate by right of representation as his heir. In the United States, the English common law of descents, in its most essential features, has been... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Jasper Yeates - 1871 - 564 páginas
...contrasted with heirs, heirs are called real representatives. 3 Atky. 685; Chaloner vs. Butcher, cited. Descent or hereditary succession, is the title whereby...death of his ancestor, acquires his estate by right sentatives" are expressly referred to both real and personal estate. But what sets this matter beyond... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1872 - 776 páginas
...CHAPTER XIV. OF TITLE вт DESCENT ..................................................... 200-240 descent is the title whereby a man on the death of his ancestor acquires his estate as héîr at law, ...................................................... 201 . this depends on consanguinity,... | |
 | William Blackstone, David Mitchell Aird - 1873 - 386 páginas
...Descent, and briefly state the substance of the Rules of Descent as prescribed by the Act of 1833. Descent, or hereditary succession, is the title whereby...acquires his estate by right of representation as his heir-at-law, and by the Act, "the word descent shall mean the title to inherit land by reason of consanguinity,... | |
 | James Kent - 1873 - 680 páginas
...every code of civil jurisprudence. Descent, or hereditary possession, is the title whereby a person, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate by right of representation as his heir. (6) The English law of descent is governed by a number of rules, or canons of inheritance, which have... | |
 | Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - 1875 - 966 páginas
...inclosure, which, by the recent act to amend the law of inheritance, are distinguished from purchase. Descent, or hereditary succession, is the title whereby a man on the death of another acquires his estate by right of representation, as his heir-at-law. Definition and na- An heir... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1876 - 782 páginas
...combines possession with right of property, 199 CHAPTER XIV. OF TITLE BY DESCENT, ....200-240 descent is the title whereby a man on the death of his ancestor acquires his estate as heir at law, 201 this depends on consanguinity, which is either lineal or collateral 202 the degrees... | |
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An heir, therefore, is he upon whom the law casts the estate immediately on the death of the ancestor: and an estate, so descending to the heir, is in law called the inheritance. 
