 | William Blackstone - 1771 - 274 σελίδες
...infinitum; but fhall never lineally ASCEND. II. The MALE Iflue fhall be admitted before the FEMALE. III. Where there are two or more Males in equal Degree, the ELDEST only fhall inherit; but the Females ALL together. IV. The lineal Defendants, in infinitum, of any Perfon... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1807 - 698 σελίδες
...them on a footing with males. III. A THIRD rule, or canon of descent, is this ; that where there arc 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,... | |
 | Hugh Henry Brackenridge - 1814 - 608 σελίδες
...representatives, are entitled to succeed to equal part* of the real estate, and hold as tenants in common. i3d. " Where there are two or more males in equal degree...only shall inherit ; but the females altogether." The provisions of our act have changed this rule. With there is no such thing as the right of primogeniture... | |
 | Thomas Potts - 1815 - 836 σελίδες
...shall never lineally ascend. 3 Black. 808. The male issue shall be admitted before the female ; and where there are two or more males in equal degree, the eldest only shall inherit (except where there nre particular local customs to the contrary) : lint the females shall inherit... | |
 | Sir Edward Coke, Sir Thomas Littleton, John Henry Thomas - 1818 - 752 σελίδες
...208.]— [Ed.] (S) By the law of England, without a special custom to the contrary, where there arc two or more males, in equal degree, the eldest only shall inherit, but the females altogether. 2 Hal. Hist. c. 11. p. 119. 2 Bl. Com. 814. Ant. 164 a. vol. 1. p. 68'Л 585. This right of primogeniture... | |
 | Richard Preston - 1818 - 486 σελίδες
...and other customary lands, in which the course of descent is prescribed by the custom ; the rule is, where there are two or more males in equal degree, the eldest male shall inherit, but the females shall inherit altogether. 4thly, Lineal descendants, in infinitum,... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 394 σελίδες
...to the issue of the person last actually seized, in injtnitnw, but shall never linrally ascend. 2. Where there are two or more males in equal degree,...eldest only shall inherit ; but the females altogether. 3. The lineal descendants, in infuitnm, of any person deceased, shall represent their ancestor ; that... | |
 | Charles Watkins - 1819 - 362 σελίδες
...considered as immediate ; and m making out 2. The male issue shall be admitted be* fore the female. [89] 3. Where there are two or more males in equal degree, the eldest only shall inherit, but the females all together. 4. The lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased shall represent their... | |
 | 1821 - 328 σελίδες
...in/inititm, but shall never lineally ascend. II. The male issue shall be admitted before the female. I1T. Where there are two or more males in equal degree, the eldest only shall inherit ; but the females all together. IV. The lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased, shall represent their... | |
 | George Crabb - 1823 - 704 σελίδες
...infinitum, but shall never lineally ascend. 2. The male issue shall be admitted before the female. 3. Where there are two or more males in equal degree, the eldest only shall inherit; but the females all together. 4. The lineal descendants JM infinitum of any person deceased, shall represent their... | |
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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. 
