 | 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... | |
 | William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich - Law - 1921 - 1328 pages
...Who May Be Disinherited 28. In General. — 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 14. Quinn v. Shields, 62 la. 129, 17 TIES, vol. 23, p. 443 et seq.; SOCIETIES NW 437, 49 Am. Rep. 141.... | |
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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:... 
