 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
 | Electronic journals - 1908 - 1054 pages
...will inform 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 a third was at his own disposal. * » • The shares of the wife... | |
 | John Indermaur, Charles Thwaites - Conveyancing - 1910 - 720 pages
...But we find from the statement of Glanville, a writer in the time of Henry II., that a man's goods were to be divided into three equal parts, of which one went to his lineal descendants, another to his wife, and a third could be disposed of by his will ; and if he died... | |
 | Arthur Walker Blakemore, Hugh Bancroft - Inheritance and transfer tax - 1912 - 1398 pages
...within legislative control. '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 a third was at his own disposal; or if he died without a wife,... | |
 | Joseph Warren - Executors and administrators - 1917 - 906 pages
...within legislative control. "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 a third was at his own disposal; or if he died without a wife,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1926 - 560 pages
...centuries before, the common law of England was that, whether a man made a will or not, his goods must be divided into three equal parts; of which one went to his wife, another to his children or lineal descendants, and the third part was at his own disposal. These... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1979 - 569 pages
...See pug. 13. O oo 2 common common law, as it ftood in the reign of Henry the fécond, a man's goods were to be divided into three equal parts; of which...another to his wife, and the third was at his own dilpofal : or if he died without a wife, he might then difpolc of one moiety, and the other went to... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1844 - 726 pages
...personalty at common law. According to Blackstone (2 Conim. 492.) by the ancient 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. And this he seems to think... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 1180 pages
...control. "By the common law, as it stood in the reign of Henry II., a man's goods were to be divided inio three equal parts: of which one went to his heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and a third was at his own disposal; or if he died without a wife... | |
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