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not, in default of appointment, pass to the heir, executor, or administrator, or person entitled as next of kin under the statute of Distributions; by the nineteenth s., that no will shall be revoked by presumption of

Distribution, Statute of

legal representative subsisting ,then a moiety shall go to the widow, and a moiety to the next of kindred in equal degree, and their representatives; if no widow, the whole shall go to the children; if neither

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Creditor

to debtor. A creditor is entitled to take out letters of administration if there be no next of kin, or the next of kin will not. And see BANKRUPTCY, ADMINISTRATION OF ASSETS, and COMPANY. (ii) includes a

Charity

and in law a giving for public good. A private gift to one's own self or kith and kin may be meritorious and pious but is not a charity in the legal sense and the courts in

Wergild, Weregild, Weregildum

partly to the lord whose vassal he was, and partly to the party injured or the next of kin of the party slain. This is the earliest award of damages in our law, 4 Bl. Com. 188.

Residue

executor was intended to have the residue, he will be deemed to be trustee for the next of kin [Executors Act, 1830 (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Wm. 4, c. 40)]; repealed and replaced by the Administration

Relations

Relations, a general word meaning, prima facie, next-of-kin of any degree or, collquially, kindred of all degrees.

Propinqui et consanguinel

Propinqui et consanguinel, the nearest of kin to a deceased person.

Prochein amy

Prochein amy [proximus amicus, Lat.], the next friend or next-of-kin to a child in his nonage, who in that respect is allowed to deal for the infant in the management of his affairs; as to be...

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