 | Roscoe Pound - 1913 - 660 σελίδες
...deceased, shall represent their ancestor; that is, shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have done, 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 so... | |
 | 1927 - 380 σελίδες
...of a person deceased, shall represent their ancestor shall stand in the same place as the ancestor would have done, had he been living. Thus the child, grandchild, or great grandchild of each sex, of the eldest son, shall be preferred before a younger son This taking... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1979 - 569 σελίδες
...defcents, is this; that the lineal defcendants, in tnfinititmt of any perfon deceafed fliall reprefcnt their anceftor; that is, fhall ftand in the fame place...perfon himfelf would have done, had he been living. TH us the child, grandchild, or great-grandchild (either male or female) of the eldeft fon fucceeds... | |
 | Richard Burn - 2004 - 904 σελίδες
...defcendants, in infinitiim, of any perfon deceafed, (hall reprefent their anceftor; that is, fhail ftand in the fame place as the perfon himfelf would...he been living : thus the child, grandchild, • or great grandchild (either male or female), of the eldeft fon, fucceeds before the younger fon, and fo... | |
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IV. A fourth rule, or canon of descents, is this ; that the lineal descendants, in ir\finituni, 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. 
