 | Henry David Inglis - Channel Islands - 1834 - 318 pages
...questioned, as the law then views it as an exchange of real property, ra•ther than as a purchase. A wife is entitled at the death of her husband to...personal property lapses to the nearest relations in capitem, and not per stirpem ; and to the males in exclusion of the females, in the same degree... | |
 | Henry David Inglis - Channel Islands - 1834 - 330 pages
...personal property of intestates is divided equally when there are only sons, or only daugh' ters ; but when there are both, the sons are entitled to...personal property lapses to the nearest relations in capitem, and not per stirpem ; and to the males in exclusion of the females, in the same degree... | |
 | Abraham Jones Le Cras - 1834 - 178 pages
...Sterling. Intestates—Tbeir personal property is divided equally when there are only sons, or onlj daughters : but when there are both, the sons are entitled to two thirds and the daughters to the remainder. Intervention—When the intervention of a third party by remonstrance is refused,... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - Great Britain - 1835 - 634 pages
...estate shall be paid down ; the rest may remain in rents due upon it. « 508 INSOLVENTS, LUNATICS, &C. A wife is entitled at the death of her husband, to...the nearest relations per capite and not per stirpe ; and to the males in exclusion of the females, in the same degree of relationship. Ten years is the... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - Great Britain - 1835 - 644 pages
...with a small capital, and to be retained with attention and industry. 508 INSOLVENTS, LUNATICS, &C. A wife is entitled at the death of her husband, to...remainder. In all collateral successions, the real and the unbequeathcd personal property lapses to the nearest relations per capile and not per stirpe ; and... | |
 | 1840 - 356 pages
...which she retains that which was her's before marriage, and is not liable to the husband's creditors.* The personal property of intestates is divided equally...but when there are both, the sons are entitled to two-thirds and the daughters to the remainder. All contracts or instruments giving a preference, contrary... | |
 | Channel Islands - 1843 - 260 pages
...she retains that which was her's before marriage, and it is not liable to the husband's creditors.* The personal property of intestates is divided equally...but when there are both, the sons are entitled to two-thirds, and the daughters to the remainder, with the advantage to the eldest son already noticed.... | |
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A wife is entitled at the death of her husband, to half of his personal property, if he leaves no children ; but only to one third if there should be issue. One third is then the portion of the children, and one third is disposable at the pleasure of... 