 | William Hayes - Conveyancing - 1835 - 616 pages
...fourth rule or canon of descent is this ; that the lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor ; that is,...person himself would have done, had he been living. V. A fifth rule is, that on failure of lineal descendants, or issue, of the person last seised, the... | |
 | William Cruise - Real property - 1835 - 502 pages
...That the lineal IV. Canon, descendants in injinitum of any person deceased shall represent semation. their ancestor ; that is, shall stand in the same...person himself would have done, had he been living." Hence it is 334 HMr II. Idem. 1 Int. 10. b. V. Canon. Collateral descents. See also Hawkins v. Shewen,... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1836 - 852 pages
...shall inherit; but the females all together Page214 The lineal descendants, in inftnitum, of any person deceased, shall represent their ancestor; that is,...person himself would have done, had he been living ....... 216 On failure of lineal descendants, or issue, of the person last seised, the inheritance... | |
 | Charles Watkins - Inheritance and succession - 1837 - 336 pages
...4. The lineal descendants, in infinitum, of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor : \j that is, shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have done, had he been living (b~). (6) This right of representation takes place also in descents ofGAVELKIND and BOROUGH ENGLISH... | |
 | William Blackstone, James Stewart - Law - 1837 - 342 pages
...been living ; and this rule likewise is unaltered. Thus the child, grandchild, or great grandchild (either male or female) of the eldest son 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 would... | |
 | Charles Watkins, Henry Hopley White - Conveyancing - 1838 - 596 pages
...canon remains unaltered. The fourth canon is, " That the lineal descendants in infinitum of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor, that is,...person himself would have done, had he been living. -f This canon remains unaltered ; this is called succession per stirpes, according to the roots, from... | |
 | William Blackstone - Great Britain - 1838 - 910 pages
...shall inherit; but the females all together 214 The lineal descendants, m r.ifirnttim, of »ny person deceased, shall represent their ancestor ; that is,...shall stand in the same place as the person himself »wld have done, had he been living 216 On failure of lineal descendants, or issue, of the person last... | |
 | Law - 1839 - 860 pages
...descendants ad inßnitum of any person deceased, should represent their ancestor ; that is, should stand in the same place as the person himself would have done, had he been living. No alteration has been made in this and the two former rules of descent, which remain in ítala quo.... | |
 | William Blackstone, John Bethune Bayly - Law - 1840 - 764 pages
...dignities and titles of honour. A fourth rule is, that the lineal descendants in infinitum, of any person deceased shall represent their ancestor ; that is,...person himself would have done had he been living (A). Thus the child, grand-child, or great-grand-child, either male or female of the eldest son, succeeds... | |
 | Sir Thomas Littleton - Land tenure - 1841 - 794 pages
...only shall inherit, but the females altogether. 4. The lineal descendants, in infnitum, of any person deceased, shall represent their ancestor: that is,...person himself would have done, had he been living. 5. On failure of lineal descendants, or issue of such person, the inheritance shall descend to his... | |
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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. 
