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" The lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor; that is, shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have done, had he been living. "
Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books - Page 214
by William Blackstone - 1807
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An Essay Towards the Further Elucidation of the Law of Descents ..., Volume 2

Charles Watkins - Inheritance and succession - 1819 - 362 pages
...shall inherit, but the females all together. 4. The lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor : that is,...person himself would have done had he been living (b). 5. On out their title ^to each other, the common father need not be named : but the descent between...
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The British Prose Writers: Sheldon's table talk. Sir W. Blackstone's ...

British prose literature - 1821 - 328 pages
...IV. The lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased, shall represent their ancestor, or stand in the same place as the person himself would have done, had he been living. V. On failure of lineal descendants, or issue, of the person last seised, the inheritance shall descend...
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Elements of Conveyancing: With Cursory Remarks Upon the Study of ..., Volume 5

Charles Barton - Conveyancing - 1822 - 690 pages
...this ; that the Right of rcprolineal descendants, in injinitum, of any person deceased 1eruat,0"shall represent their ancestor ; that is, shall stand in...eldest son succeeds before the younger son, and so in injinitum ". And these representatives shall take neither more nor less, but just so much as their...
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The Law's Disposal of a Person's Estate who Dies Without Will Or Testament ...

Peter Lovelass - Inheritance and succession - 1823 - 470 pages
...estate as co-parceners f . The fourth rule is, that the lineal descendants, in infiniium, of any person deceased, shall represent their ancestor; that is,...succeeds before the younger son, and so in infinitum «. And these representatives shall take neither more nor less, but just so much as their principals...
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The British Constitution, Or an Epitome of Blackstone's Commentaries on the ...

Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - Constitutional law - 1823 - 872 pages
...fourth rule, or canon of descents, is this ; that the lineal descendants, in ir\finituni, of any person deceased, shall represent their ancestor; that is,...eldest son, succeeds before the younger son, and so in iiifinitum. And these representatives shall take neither more nor less, but just so much as their principals...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 7

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 896 pages
...shall both inherit the estate as coparceners. 4. " The lineal descendants in inßnitum, of any person deceased, shall represent their ancestor ; that is,...eldest son, succeeds before the younger son, and so in inßnitum. And these representatives shall take neither more nor less, but just so much as their principals...
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Universal Technological Dictionary: Or, Familiar Explanations of ..., Volume 2

George Crabb - Industrial arts - 1823 - 704 pages
...together. 4. The lineal descendants JM infinitum of any person deceased, shall represent their ancestor, ie shall stand in the same place, as the person himself...done had he been living : thus the child, grandchild, great-grandchild, either male or female, of the eldest son succeeds before the younger, and so on ad...
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Gifford's English lawyer; or, Every man his own lawyer, by John Gifford

Alexander Whellier - 1825 - 836 pages
...pleases. A fourth rule of descent is this ; that the lineal descendants, in inJinituiH, of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor, that is,...would have done, had he been living. Thus the child, grandehild, or great-grandchild, (either male or female) of the eldest son succeeds before the younger...
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Commentaries on the laws of England. [Another], Volume 2

sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 626 pages
...descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased, [ 217 ] shall represent their ancestor; that is, shaU stand in the same place as the person himself would...had he been living. THUS the child, grandchild, or great grandchild (either male or female) of the eldest son succeeds before the younger son, and so...
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The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Volume 1

Law - 1829 - 418 pages
...213, 4. t 1 Laws NY 54. t Deut. xxi. 17; Kale's Hist. Com. Law, 243. 1829.] Law of Real Property. 81 that is, shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have done had he been living.'* No general rule applicable to all the states can be laid down with regard to representation in descents....
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