 | 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... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1896 - 770 pages
...statute and 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,... | |
 | Pilot guides - 1898 - 444 pages
...the contrary, Glanvil will inform us 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; another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal; or if he died without a wife, he might... | |
 | William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague - Law - 1899 - 570 pages
...contrary, 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 wife,... | |
 | John Indermaur - Conveyancing - 1900 - 634 pages
...first recognised, 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 him by his will; or if... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 1416 pages
...statute and 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... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1902 - 540 pages
...Glauvil informs us(y) that *492] 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: (6) or, if he died without... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - Law - 1903 - 814 pages
...On the contrary, Glanville informs 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 lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third only was at his own disposal. Or, if he died... | |
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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:... 
