| Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Edmund Saunders - Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 968 pages
...c. 6., which enacts that " no de" vise in writing of lands, tenements, " or hereditaments shall be revocable, " otherwise than by some other will " or...testator himself, " or in his presence and by his di" rections and consent; but all devises " and bequests of lands and tenements " shall remain and... | |
| Matthew Bacon, Sir Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd - Law - 1846 - 748 pages
..." That no devise in writing of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any clause thereof, shall be revocable, otherwise than by some other will or codicil...the testator himself, or in his presence and by his directions and consent, but shall continue, &c., unless altered by some other will or codicil in writing,... | |
| William Hughes - Conveyancing - 1846 - 512 pages
...of Frauds (29 Car. 2, c. 3), it was however enacted that no devise in writing of any lands shall be revocable otherwise than by some other will, or codicil...in writing, or other writing, declaring the same, by the testator himself, or in his presence, and by his express direction and consent ; but all devises... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Hall - Real property - 1847 - 480 pages
...wills ; and " no will, testament or codicil shall be revoked, otherwise than by burning, canceling, tearing, or obliterating the same, by the testator himself, or in his presence, by his direction and consent, or by some other will, testament or codicil, in writing, declaring the... | |
| James Kent - Law - 1848 - 798 pages
...instrument executed in the same manner ; or else by burning, cancelling, *tearing, or obliterating the *521 same, by the testator himself, or in his presence, and by his direction. This is the language of the English statute of frauds, and of the statute law in every part of the... | |
| William Hughes - Conveyancing - 1849 - 600 pages
...of Frauds (29 Car. 2, c. 3), it was however enacted that no devise in writing of any lands shall be revocable otherwise than by some other will, or codicil...in writing, or other writing, declaring the same, by the testator himself, or in his presence, and by his express direction and consent; but all devises... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Hall - Real property - 1849 - 482 pages
...wills ; and '•' no will, testament or codicil shall be revoked, otherwise than by burning, canceling, tearing, or obliterating the same, by the testator himself, or in his presence, by his direction and consent, or by some other will, testament or codicil, in writing, declaring the... | |
| Asa Kinne - Courts - 1852 - 736 pages
...another instrument executed in the same manner, or by burning, cancelling, tearing or obliterating it by the testator himself, or in his presence and by his direction. — 4- Kent, 521. This is the language of the English statute of frauds, and probably is nowr the statute... | |
| Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Philadelphia County) - 1853 - 612 pages
...handwriting. That it is a good subsisting will in writing concerning real estate, unrepealed or altered by any other will or codicil in writing, or Other writing declaring the same executed in the same manner. That the Register of Wills has in Pennsylvania probate of wills, relating... | |
| Simon Greenleaf - Evidence (Law) - 1854 - 784 pages
...which enacts, that, " no devise of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, nor any clause thereof, shall be revocable, otherwise than by some other will or codicil,...the testator himself, or in his presence, and by his directions and consent." 3 And to such writing of revocation, the attestation of three witnesses, at... | |
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