 A man's children or nearest relations are usually about him on his death-bed, and are the earliest witnesses of his decease. They become therefore generally the next immediate occupants, till at length in process of time this frequent usage ripened into...  The Progress of Society - Page 202by Robert Hamilton - 1830 - 411 pagesFull view - About this book
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...usu£l2] ally about him on his death -bed, and are the earliest witnesses of his decease. They became therefore generally the next immediate occupants,...till at length in process of time this frequent usage ripened into general law. And therefore also in the earliest ages, on failure of children, a man's... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 626 pages
...refined, and, if not from fortuitous circumstances, at least from a plainer and more simple principle. A man's children or nearest relations are usually about him on his death-bed, [ 12 and are the earliest witnesses of his decease. They become therefore generally the next immediate... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1827 - 916 pages
...and, if not from fortuitous circumstances, at least from a plainer and more sim[ 12 ] pie principle. A man's children or nearest relations are usually...till at length in process of time this frequent usage ripened into general law. And therefore also in the earliest ages, on failure of children, a man's... | |
 | Robert Hamilton - Economics - 1830 - 812 pages
...or is not permitted to make any disposition at all, the municipal law of the country then steps in, and declares who shall be the successor, representative,...time, this frequent usage ripens into general law *." W^ cannot agree to this doctrine. There is a sense of property congenial to the human mind, which... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1836 - 852 pages
...refined, and, if not from fortuitous circumstances, at least from a plainer and more simple principle. A man's children or nearest relations are usually...are the earliest witnesses of his decease. * They became [ *12 ] therefore generally the next immediate occupants, till at the doctrines of our author,... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE - 1837 - 468 pages
...refined, and, if not from fortuitous circumstances, at least from a plainer and more simple principle. A man's children or nearest relations are usually...and are the earliest witnesses of his decease. They became therefo"« generally the next immediate occupants, till, at length, in process of time this... | |
 | William Blackstone - Great Britain - 1838 - 910 pages
...circumstances, at least from a plainer and more simple principle. A man's children or nearest [ *12 ] relations are usually about him on his 'death-bed,...till at length in process of time this frequent usage ripened into general law. And therefore also in the earliest ages, on failure of children, a man's... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - English law - 1841 - 626 pages
...probable that its immediate original arose not from speculations altogether so delicate and refined. A man's children or nearest relations are usually...till at length in process of time this frequent usage ripened into general law. And therefore also, in the earliest ages, on failure of children, a man's... | |
 | Charles Bray - Cooperation - 1841 - 694 pages
...inheritance arose from the fact that a man's children or nearest relatives are usually abont him at his death-bed, and are the earliest witnesses of his decease ; they become generally the next immediate occupants, till at length this frequent usage ripened into general law.... | |
 | Charles Bray - Cooperation - 1841 - 380 pages
...inheritance arose from the fact that a man's children or nearest relatives are usually about him at his death-bed, and are the earliest witnesses of his decease ; they become generally the next immediate occupants, till at length this frequent usage ripened into general law.... | |
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