 | Massachusetts, William Charles White - Law - 1811 - 174 pages
...bequests of any lands or tenements shall be in writing, and signed by the party so devising the same, or by some person in his presence, and by his express direction, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor, by three or more credible witnesses,... | |
 | Samuel March Phillipps - Evidence (Law) - 1822 - 644 pages
...particular custom, shall be in writing, and signed by the party so devising the same, or by some other person in his presence and by his express direction,...and attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor by three or four credible witnesses, or else they shall be utterly void and of no effect.... | |
 | Daniel Appleton White - Probate courts - 1822 - 180 pages
...and of sane mind, has power to dispose of his real estate by will, made in writing, signed by him, or by some person in his presence, and by his express direction; and also attested and subscribed by three or more credible witnesses. Creditors are competent subscribing... | |
 | Rhode Island - Session laws - 1822 - 592 pages
...lands, tenements or hereditaments, shall be in writing, and signed by the party so devising the same, or by some person in his presence, and by his express direction, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the devisor by three or more credible witnesses,... | |
 | Maine - 1822 - 802 pages
...personal estate shall be m writing and signed ci. by the party so devising or bequeathing the same, or by some person in his presence, and by his express direction, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator, by three credible witnesses, or the... | |
 | Sir John Comyns - Digests, etc - 1822 - 1042 pages
...bequest of lands devisable by custom is good, unless in writing signed by the devisor, or some other in his presence and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in his presence by three or four credible witnesses. Vide post, (E 1.) A devise of lands devisable by... | |
 | Samuel Turner - Costs (Law) - 1825 - 1024 pages
...Frauds (rf), or by any particular Custom, must be in Writing signed by the Party devising, or some other Person in his Presence, and by his express Direction, and attested and subscribed in his Presence, by three or four credible Witnesses, otherwise to be void and of no effect. Copyhold,... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - Pennsylvania - 1832 - 446 pages
...shall be prevented by the extremity of his last sickness, shall be signed 07 him at the end thereof, or by some person in his presence, and by his express direction; and in all casei shall be proved before the register having jurisdiction thereof, by the uaths or affirmations... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1829 - 876 pages
...his life time, or by his last will and testament in writing, signed by such father, or by some other person in his presence, and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in the presence of such father, by three or more credible witnesses, in such manner and form, and from timo to time, as... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 930 pages
...shall be effectual to pass any estate, whether real or personal nor to charge or in any way affect the same, unless it be in writing, and signed by the...and attested and subscribed, in the presence of the testator, by three or more competent witnesses." On the point in question the learned judge saw no... | |
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... by the burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the same by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same. 
