 | John Jane Smith Wharton - 1848 - 726 σελίδες
...inherit ; but the females »11 together. (4) That the lineal descendants, in inßnitum, of any person deceased, shall represent their ancestor ; that is, shall stand in the same place as ihe person himself would have done had he been living. (5) That on failure of lineal descendants, or... | |
 | William Hughes - 1849 - 600 σελίδες
...or canon of descents, is, that ranoiTof tne lineal descendants in infinitum of any perciesccnta. son deceased shall represent their ancestor, that is,...grandchild, or great-grandchild, either male or female, succeeds before the younger son in infinitum. And these representatives shall take neither more nor... | |
 | Joseph Henry Dart - 1851 - 1234 σελίδες
...estate as females. The fourth canon is, " that the lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased, shall represent their ancestor; that is,...person himself would have done, had he been living." In this country, the lineal descendants, except as already stated, are admitted to an equal portion... | |
 | Edward Burtenshaw Sugden - 1851 - 778 σελίδες
...any person deceased shall innnitum of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor ; that is, shall represent their ancestor : that is, shall stand in the same place as the person stand in the same place as the person himself would have done had he been himself would have done had... | |
 | Herbert Broom - 1852 - 616 σελίδες
...preferred to the collateral. It is a rule of descent that the lineal descendants in infinitum of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor, that is,...as the person himself would have done had he been living.2 Hence it is, that the son or grandchild, whether son or daughter, of the eldest son succeeds... | |
 | Owen Davies Tudor - 1856 - 942 σελίδες
...inherit, but the females all together. Rule 4. That the lineal descendants in infinitum of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor ; that is,...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 shall... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court, Hamilton Chamberlain Jones - 1856 - 568 σελίδες
...altogether." " 4. The lineal descendants in injinitum of any person deceased shall represent their ancestors ; that is, shall stand in .the same place as the person himself would have done had lie been living." " 5. On failure of lineal descendants or issue of the person last seized, the inheritance... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860 - 874 σελίδες
...lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased, shall represent their ancestor : that ¡.ч, shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have dune had he been living 21C On failure of lineal descendants, or issue, of the person last seised,... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - 1863 - 812 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Thomas Spence - 1864 - 456 σελίδες
...eldest inherits, but the females all together. 4. That the lineal descendants in infinitum of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor ; that is,...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... | |
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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. 
