... but whose right of inheritance may be defeated by the contingency of some nearer heir being born : as a brother, or nephew, whose presumptive succession may be destroyed by the birth of a child ; or a daughter, whose present hopes may be hereafter... A Dictionary of the English Language - Page 330by Samuel Johnson - 1828 - 1369 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 698 pages
...should die immediately, would in the present circumstances of things be his heirs ; but whose right of inheritance may be defeated by the contingency of some nearer heir being born : as a brother, or nephew, whose presumptive succession may be destroyed by the birth of a child ;... | |
| Edward Augustus Kendall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1811 - 516 pages
...ancestor to him, who, at the death of the former, will be his heir at law. lli:iR-/n-{:iiimjitire, one who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would, in the present circum-o Stances of things, be his heir ; but whose right of inheritance may be defeated by the contingency... | |
| Thomas Potts - Law - 1815 - 836 pages
...hit hands. PRESUMPTION, n supposition, opinion, or belief, previously formed. PRESUMPTIVE HEIR, is one who if the ancestor should die immediately, would in the present circumstances of things be Mi heir, but »houe right of inheritance 111:1; be defeated liy (he contingency... | |
| Charles Barton - Conveyancing - 1822 - 690 pages
...happen to die immediately, would in the present circumstances of things be his heir; but whose right of inheritance may be defeated by the contingency of some nearer heir being born ; as a brother or nephew, whose presumptive succession may be destroyed by the birth of a child ; or... | |
| Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - Constitutional law - 1823 - 872 pages
...should die immediately, would, in the present circumstances of things, be his heirs ; but whose right of inheritance may be defeated by the contingency of some nearer heir being born : as a brother, or neohew, whose presumptive succession may be destroyed by the birth of a child ;... | |
| sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 626 pages
...should die immediately, would in the present circumstances of things be his heirs ; but whose right of inheritance may be defeated by the contingency of some nearer heir being born: as a brother, or nephew, whose presumptive succession may be destroyed by the birth of a chiid ; or... | |
| Alexander Whellier - 1825 - 836 pages
...should die immediately, would, in the present circumstances of things, be his heirs ; bnt whose right of inheritance may be defeated by the contingency of some nearer heir being born : as a brother or nephew, whose presumptive succession may be destroyed by the birth of a child ; or... | |
| Sir Edward Coke, John Henry Thomas - Land tenure - 1827 - 884 pages
...should die immediately, would, in the present circumstances of things, be hi? heirs ; but whose right of inheritance may be defeated, by the contingency of some nearer heir being born. 2 Bl Com. «08. Infra, 11 b.— [Ed.] (H) ТЫ« rule, says Sir William Blackatone, is almost universally... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1829 - 644 pages
...issue, who must, by the course of the common law, be heirs to the father. Hdrs presumptive are such who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would, in the present state of things, be his heirs. APPEAL (law) signifies the removal of a cause from an inferior tribunal to a superior; from... | |
| Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 806 pages
...person so called in the lifetime of his ancestor, at whose death be и heir at law. HEIR PRESUMPTIVE is one who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would, in the present circumstances of things, be his heir ; but whose right of inheritance may be defeated by some nearer... | |
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