 | Delaware - Law - 1816 - 766 pages
...same be burnt, cancelled, torn or obliterated, by !809 the testator or testatrix, or by his or her directions, in manner aforesaid, or unless the same...will or codicil in writing, or other writing of the testator or testatrix, signed in the presence of two or more credible witnesses, declaring the same,... | |
 | Thomas Peake - Evidence (Law) - 1804 - 534 pages
...himself, or in his presence and by his direction and consent. But all devises and bequests of lands find tenements shall remain and continue in force until...of the devisor, signed in the presence of three or more witnesses, declaring the same; any former law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding." Tin's... | |
 | Law - 1805 - 678 pages
...attest and subscribe the same, in the Presence of the said Devisor, — as his last Will and Testament; or unless the same be altered by some other Will or Codicil in the Hand-writing of the Devisor, elated and subscribed by him, declaring the same ; any former Law... | |
 | William Roberts - Evidence (Law) - 1807 - 522 pages
...and continue in force until the same be burnt, "cancelled, torn, or obliterated by the testator, or his directions, in manner aforesaid, or unless the...will or codicil in writing, or other writing of the i devisor, signed in the presence of three or four witnesses, declaring the same ; any former law or... | |
 | William Roberts - Wills - 1809 - 750 pages
...and continue in force, until the same be burnt, cancelled, torn, or obliterated by the testator, or his directions in manner aforesaid, or unless the...presence of three or four witnesses, declaring the same; any former law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding." It may reasonably be inferred to have been... | |
 | William Waller Hening - Law - 1819 - 616 pages
...continue in force, until the same be. burnt, Cancelled, torn, or obliterated, by the testator himself, or by his directions in manner aforesaid, or unless...writing of the devisor, signed in the presence of two or more witnesses, declaring the same; any law, or usage, to the contrary, notwithstanding. Rules... | |
 | Horace Binney, Pennsylvania. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1810 - 642 pages
...cancelling &c.; " but all -devises of land shall remain in force, until the same " be burnt, cancelled Sec., or unless the same be altered by ** some other will...signed in the presence of three or four witnesses de" daring the same." The statute is expressed in very clear terms, and the construction has been,... | |
 | Virginia, William Waller Hening - Law - 1819 - 620 pages
...cancelled, torn, or obliterated, by the < xstator himself, or by his directions in manner afore* said, or unless the same be altered by some other will,...writing of the devisor, signed in the presence of two or more witnesses, declaring the same; any law, or usage, to the contrary notwithstanding. j^.... | |
 | Massachusetts, William Charles White - Law - 1811 - 174 pages
...force until the same be burnt, cancelled, torn or obliterated by the testator, or by his direction, in manner aforesaid, or unless the same be altered by some other will or codicil, or other writing of the VOL. iv. 15 2 E.|i. Dig. 200. Cties C'owli. 52. Ibid, cites S HI. Rep. 1043.... | |
 | William Selwyn - Nisi prius - 1812 - 732 pages
...in writing, of lands, tenements, " or hereditaments, nor any clause thereof, shall be revo' cable, otherwise than by some other will or codicil, in 'writing,...presence of three or four witnesses, declaring the same." No devise in writing, of lands, $c. shall be revocable, otherwife than by some other will or codicil,... | |
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... by some other will or codicil in writing, or other writing declaring the same, or by burning, cancelling, tearing, or obliterating the same, by the testator himself, or in his presence, and by his directions and consent ; but all devises and bequests... 
