 | William Blackstone - Law - 1771 - 274 pages
...infinitum; but fhall never lineally ASCEND. II. The MALE Iflue fhall be admitted before the FEMALE. III. Where there are two or more Males in equal Degree, the ELDEST only fhall inherit; but the Females ALL together. IV. The lineal Defendants, in infinitum, of any Perfon... | |
 | Peter Lovelass - Inheritance and succession - 1790 - 302 pages
...then D, fhall be admitted to the fucceffion in preference to both the daughters f . THE third rule is, that where there are two or more males in equal degree, the eldeft only fhall inherit; but the females all together. As if a man hath two fons, A and B, and two... | |
 | Peter Lovelass - Inheritance and succession - 1792 - 348 pages
...then D, fliall be admitted to the fuccelliou in preference to both the daughters f, THE third rule is, that where there are two or more males in equal degree, the eldeft only ihall inherit ; but the females all together. As if a man hath two fons, A and B, and twq... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 676 pages
...rejeflioh of females, and the putting them on a footing with males. III. A THIRD rule, of canoh of defcent, is this ; that where there are two or more males in equal degree, the eldcft ' only (hall inherit ; but the females all together. As if a man hath two fons, Matthew and... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 700 pages
...female*, and the putting them on a footing with males. III. A THIRD rule, or canon of defcent, is this 5 that where there are two or more males in equal degree, the eldeft Only (hall inherit ; but the females all together. As if a man hath two fons, Matthew and Gilbert,... | |
 | Zephaniah Swift - Law - 1795 - 990 pages
...(hall never lineally aftx-nd. 3. That the male iflue fhall always be admitted before the female. 3. That where there are two or more males in equal degree, the eldeft only {hall inherit, but the females altogether. 4. That l>neal defendants in intinitum (hall... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 698 pages
...middle course, between the absolute rejection of females, and the putting them on a footing with males. III. A THIRD rule, or canon of descent, is this ; that where there arc two or more males, in equal degree, the eldest only shall inherit ; but the females all together.... | |
 | Hugh Henry Brackenridge - Law - 1814 - 608 pages
...representatives, are entitled to succeed to equal part* of the real estate, and hold as tenants in common. i3d. " Where there are two or more males in equal degree ; the eldest only shall inherit ; but the females altogether." The provisions of our act have changed this rule. With there is no such thing as the right... | |
 | Thomas Potts - Law - 1815 - 836 pages
...shall never lineally ascend. 3 Black. 808. The male issue shall be admitted before the female ; and where there are two or more males in equal degree, the eldest only shall inherit (except where there nre particular local customs to the contrary) : lint the females shall inherit... | |
 | Sir Edward Coke, Sir Thomas Littleton, John Henry Thomas - Land tenure - 1818 - 752 pages
...208.]— [Ed.] (S) By the law of England, without a special custom to the contrary, where there arc two or more males, in equal degree, the eldest only shall inherit, but the females altogether. 2 Hal. Hist. c. 11. p. 119. 2 Bl. Com. 814. Ant. 164 a. vol. 1. p. 68'Л 585. This right... | |
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A fourth rule or canon of descent is this: that 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. 
