 | William Blackstone - Law - 1771 - 274 pages
...Females ALL together. IV. The lineal Defendants, in infinitum, of any Perfon deceafed fhall REPRESENT their Anceftor; that is, fhall ftand in the fame Place...Perfon himfelf would have done, had he been living. « See APPENDIX, No, I. t See APPENDIX, No, II. V. On Failure of LINEAL Defcendants, or Iffue, of the... | |
 | Peter Lovelass - Inheritance and succession - 1790 - 302 pages
...co-parceners g . • THE fourth rule is, that the lineal defcendants, in infinitum t of any perfon deceafed, fhall reprefent their anceftor; that is, . fhall ftand...had he been living. Thus the child, grandchild, or great grandchild (either male or female) of the eldeft fon, fucceeds before the younger fon, and fo... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1791 - 566 pages
...in irrfir.ltumy of any perfon deceafed y Somncr. Cavellc. 7. » ItiJ. * Co. I.itt. 165. >> 1 FmJ. I. fhall reprefent their anceftor ; that is, fhall ftand...had he been living. THUS the child, grandchild, or great grandchild (either male or female) of the eldeft fon fucceeds before the younger fon, and fo... | |
 | John Paul - Landlord and tenant - 1791 - 230 pages
...defcendants in infiriltum of any perfon " deceafed fhall reprefent their anceftors ; that is, fhall " fland in the fame place as the perfon himfelf would have...had he been living." Thus the child, grand-child, or great grand-child, either male or female, pi the eldeft fon, fon, fucceeds before the younger fon,... | |
 | Peter Lovelass - Inheritance and succession - 1792 - 348 pages
...defendants, in infinitum, of any pcrlbn deceafed, Ihall reprefent their anceftor ; that is, Ihall Hand in the fame place as, the perfon himfelf would have...greatgrandchild (either male or female) of the eldeft fon, Succeeds before the younger fon, and fo in infinitum^. And thefe rcprefentatives (hall lake neither... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 700 pages
...defcendants, in infmitum, of any perfon deceafed tij ] {hall reprefent their anceftor; that is, fliall ftand in the fame place as the perfon himfelf would have done, had he been living. « Co. L,itt. 165. bi FeuJ. J. (8) The king in the cafe of coparceners of a title .of honour, may dirctl... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 432 pages
...dcfcendants, In Inßnllum, of any perfon dectafcd fhall represent their ancrftor ; that is, fhall itaod in ihe fame place as the perfon himfelf would have done, had he been living. 5/Ä, On failure of lineal defcendants, or iiTue, of the perfon lafl Ceifed, the inheritance iliall... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1800 - 680 pages
...infinitum, of any perfon deceafed C 2i7 ] fhall reprefent their anceftor; that is, fhall ftand in the fams place as the perfon himfelf would have done, had he been living. * Co. 3Jtt. i65. " i Feud. i. (8) The king in the cafe of coparceners of a title of honour, may direct... | |
 | William Cruise - Real property - 1804 - 596 pages
...infinitum of any per- prefentation. *' fon deceafed, mail reprefent their anceflor, that is, *' mall ftand in the fame place as the perfon himfelf " would have done, had he been living." § 31. " Hence it is (fays Lord Hale) that the fon Hift. cn *' or grandchild, whether fon or daughter,... | |
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IV. A 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, shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have done, had he been living. 
