 Glanvil informs us that by the common law, as it stood in the reign of Henry the Second, a man's goods were to be divided into three equal parts: of which one went to his heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal:...  Commentaries on the Laws of England - Page 487by William Blackstone - 1800Full view - About this book
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Decedents' estates - 1848 - 244 pages
...extended by slow degrees. In England, in the reign of Henry II., a man's goods, or movable estate, were divided into three equal parts, of which one went to his heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, the third being at his own disposal ; or if he died without a wife,... | |
 | How - 1849 - 96 pages
...Henry II., when any one wished to make his will, if he was not involved in debt, all his moveables were divided into three equal parts, of which one went to his heirs, or ligneal descendants, another to his wife, and a third was at his own disposal. If he died leaving no... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 800 pages
...testamentary bequests: — ' By the common law, ns it stood in the reign of Henry IL, a man's goods were to be divided into three equal parts, of which one went to h is heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal ; or if... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm C.K.F. freiherr von Humboldt - 1854 - 274 pages
...Glanvil, he says that " by the common law, as it stood in the reign of Henry the Second, a man's goods were to be divided into three equal parts, of which one went to his heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal : or, if he died without a... | |
 | Frederik Emil ELBERLING - 1856 - 294 pages
...paternal line. 4.' On Succession to personal Estates. 224. In the time of Henry the 2nd, a man's goods were to be divided into three equal parts, of which one went to his heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal ; if he died without a wife,... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - Law - 1858 - 718 pages
...inform us (e), that by the common law, as it stood in the reign of Henry the second, a man's goods were to be divided into three equal parts ; of which one went to his heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal : or if he died without a wife,... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1865 - 642 pages
...originally to all a man's personal estate. On the contrary, in the reign of Henry II., a man's goods were to be divided into three equal parts; of which one went to his heirs, another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal; or, if he died without a wife, he might... | |
 | Civil procedure - 1867 - 588 pages
...his personal estate. By the common law, as it stood iu the reign of Henry the second, a man's goods were to be divided into three equal parts, of which one went to his heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal; or if he died without a wife,... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 684 pages
...the above facts.] — By the common law, as it stood in the reign of Henry the Second, a man's goods were to be divided into three equal parts, of which one went to his heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal ; or if he died without a wife,... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 684 pages
...the above facts.]—By the common law, as it stood in the reign of Henry the Second, a man's goods were to be divided into three equal parts, of which one went to his heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal; or if he died without a wile,... | |
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