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Ex gravi querela
whom any lands or tenements in fee were devised (within any city, town, or borough wherein lands were devisable by custom), against the heir of the devisor when he entered and detained them from him, Reg. Brev.
Copyhold
to general custom, followed by admittance at the hands of the lord or his steward, and they are devisable. (7) A copyholder by general custom may make lease for a year, and with the lord's licence he
Heir
lands, all the sons inherit as parceners, and make but one heir, Co. Litt. 140. (c) Heir by devise or h'res factus. He who is made, by will, the testator's heir or devisee, and has no other
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Wild's case, Rule in
Wild's case, Rule in. A devise to B. and his children or issue, B. having no issue at the time of the devise, gives
Inter-vivos
conveyance, the transaction would be said to be inter vivos as distinguished from a case of succession or devise, Hindustan Lever v. State of Maharashtra, (2004) 9 SCC 438 (460), Companies Act s. 394. (Transfer of Property
Tail
words were terms of limitation and not gifts to children or issue as purchasers or otherwise; thus a devise. To A. and his issue; or To A. and his seed; or children; or sons; or To A.
Emblements
living, or forfeits it by his own act, is not entitled to emblements, although his lessee is. By devise, the devise may, without express words, be entitled to the growing crops. But a legatee of the goods,
Election
person who takes under an instrument must give effect to every part of it. Thus, if a testator devises his own estate to A and A's estate to B, A must elect whether he will take 'under'
worthier title
worthier title often cap W&T : a common-law doctrine providing that an heir receiving a devise of an estate that is the same as the estate he or she would receive by descent if
election
right of a spouse to choose a statutorily prescribed amount of a deceased spouse's estate or whatever was devised to him or her under the will b : the right of a person who has an interest
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