 | District of Columbia - Law - 1857 - 788 pages
...equitable, in lands, and shall have issue born alive which might inherit the same, the husband shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life as tenant by the curtesy. SEC. '38. If the husband shall abandon his wife without just cause, and live apart from her,... | |
 | John Jordan - Enstone (England) - 1857 - 500 pages
...and has by her issue, born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate. In this case, he shall, on the death of his •wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant by the curtesy of England. This estate, according to Littleton, has its denomination, because it is used within... | |
 | Michigan - 1857 - 1012 pages
...curte<jr. jn jier right of any estate of inheritance in lands, the husband 2 Mich. p.eP., 93. shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant thereof by the curtesy : Provided, that if the wife, at her death, shall leave issue by any former... | |
 | Michigan, Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Law - 1857 - 998 pages
...the curtcsy. m her right of any estate or inheritance in lands, the husband 2 inch. Rep., 93. shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant thereof by the curtesy : Provided, that if the wife, at her death, shall leave issue by any former... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - Dictionaries, Law - 1859 - 736 pages
...during the marriage, and capable of inheriting her estate. 1 Steph. Com. 246. In this case he shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant by the curtesy of England. Id. ibid. 2 Bl. Com. 126. Bract, fol. 438. Litt. sect. 35. Co. Litt. 29 b. It is... | |
 | Theodric Romeyn Beck - 1860 - 910 pages
...and has by her, issue born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate. In this case, he shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant by the curtesy of England."|| The exposition of commentators is as * Chaussier, Viabilite, p. 3. f Capuron,... | |
 | Massachusetts - Law - 1860 - 1158 pages
...curte"y. y shall have issue born alive which might inherit the same, the husband ^f7'^.' 17' shall on the death of his wife hold the lands for his life as a tenant isss! sot. thereof by the curtesy. ^Grayfis?. SECT. 20. When land is demised for the term... | |
 | Leonard Shelford, Great Britain - Land tenure - 1863 - 930 pages
...her issue, born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate. In this case the husband shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant by the curtesy of England. (Litt. ss. 35,52; 2 Bl. Comm. 126.) Four circumstances are requisite for enabling... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - Law - 1863 - 812 pages
...by her born alive during the marriage, and capable of inheriting her estate : in this case he shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant by the curtesy of England (s). If the lands, however, be in gavelkind, the rule is so far different that he... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1865 - 642 pages
...and has by her issue, born alive, which was capable of inheriting her «state. In this case he shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for his life, as tenant by the courtesy of England. There are four requisites to make a tenancy by the courtesy:—1. The marriage... | |
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Tenant by the curtesy of England is where a man marries a woman seised of an estate of inheritance, that is, of lands and tenements in fee-simple or feetail, and has by her issue, born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate. In this case, he... 
