 | Arthur Male - Election law - 1820 - 694 pages
...of freehold in the office; for since nothing but his misbehaviour can determine his interest, no man can prefix a shorter time than his life, since it must be his and Offi-" own act, (which the law does not presume to foresee,) cers> ^H ^ which only can make... | |
 | Leonard Shelford - Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations - 1836 - 1090 pages
...deed, the house or land will pass as belonging to it (b). If an office be granted to a person quamdiu se bene gesserit, the grantee has an estate for life....not be abridged by the addition of the word tantum (<:)• So, on the other hand, where an office is granted for life, there is an implied condition in... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, James Manning, Thomas Colpitts Granger - Election law - 1846 - 1126 pages
...for life. In Cruise's Digest, Offices (e) it is said, " If an office be granted to a person quamdiu se bene gesserit, the grantee has an estate for life...his interest, no one can prefix a shorter time than life ; since it must be by his own act, which the law will not presume, that his estate can determine."... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 1114 pages
...freehold in the office ; for, since nothing but his misbehaviour can determine his interest, no man can prefix a shorter time than his life ; since it must be his own act (which the law does not presume to foresee) which only can make his estate of shorter continuance... | |
 | Thomas James Arnold - Election law - 1846 - 848 pages
...and in Cruise's Dig. tit. Offices, Rap, it is said (b), " If an office be granted to a person quamdiu se bene gesserit, the grantee has an estate for life....will not presume, that his estate can determine." The charter in this case gives the governors the power to appoint the inmates, and the usage shows... | |
 | Thomas James Arnold - Election law - 1846 - 846 pages
...freehold in the office ; for since nothing but his 1844. misbehaviour can determine his interest, no man can prefix a shorter time than his life ; since it must be his own act (which the law does not presume to foresee) which only can make his estate of shorter continuance... | |
 | Matthew Bacon, Sir Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd - Law - 1846 - 720 pages
...freehold in the office ; for since nothing but his misbehaviour can determine his interest, no man can prefix a shorter time than his life ; since it must be his own act (which the law does not presume to foresee) which only can make his estate of shorter continuance... | |
 | Samuel Warren - Election law - 1852 - 828 pages
...classed under the head of real property. If an office be granted to a person quamdiu se Ьепе gesamt, the grantee has an estate for life. For as nothing...his interest, no one can prefix a shorter time than the life of the grantee ; since it must be by his own act, which the law will not presume, that his... | |
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If an office be granted to a person quamdiu se bene gesserit, the grantee has an estate for life ; for as nothing but misconduct can determine his interest, no one can prefix a shorter time than life ; since it must be by his own act, which the law will... 
