 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
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1877 - 640 pages
...did not extend originally to all a man's personal estate. 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... | |
 | Henry John Stephen, James Stephen - Law - 1880 - 824 pages
...Glanvil will inform us that by the 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,... | |
 | Thomas Jarman - Wills - 1880 - 908 pages
...Glanvil will inform vis that by the common law, as it stood 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 or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal. * * * The shares of the wife... | |
 | Henry Gilbert Rawson - Law - 1882 - 276 pages
...of a witness. Parricide, same as patricide. Pars rationabilis, the ancient division of a man's goods 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. Particeps crixninis, or fraudis... | |
 | City of London (England). Corporation - London (England) - 1885 - 238 pages
...law, but it did not extend originally to all a man's personal estate. By the common law 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. The shares of the wife and... | |
 | Stewart Rapalje, Robert Linn Lawrence - Law - 1888 - 674 pages
...ten armed men, &c. PARS RATION ABILIS.— A -reasonable part. The ancient division of a man's goods 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 - 1890 - 850 pages
...inform us,i 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... | |
 | John C. Devereux - Law - 1891 - 432 pages
...informs us, that by the common law, as it stood in the reign of Henry the Second, a man's goods were 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... | |
 | William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague - Law - 1893 - 558 pages
...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 : or, if he died without a... | |
 | Law - 1893 - 268 pages
...Glanvil in the reign of Henry II. states that by the common law as it then stood a man's goods were 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; but if he had a wife but no... | |
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