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Negligence
Deceased Persons.--An action for pecuniary loss arising from negligence causing death passes to the representative or next of kin of the deceased, by the (English) Fatal Accidents Act, 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 93) [(English) 'Lord
Married women's property
amount coming to any woman married after the passing of the Act (9th August, 1870), as next of kin of an intestate, and personalty up to 200l. coming to her under any deed or will, should belong
Kyth
Kyth [fr. cognatus, Lat.], kin or kindred.
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Heirship movables
Heirship movables, those things which the law withholds from the executors and next of kin, and gives to the heir, that he may not succeed to a house and lands completely dismantled. They
Executor
expression, to be collected from the will, a contrary intention was to be collected. But the next of kin became entitled to the unbequeathed residue by the (English) Executors Act, 1830 (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Wm.
Dead man's part
use and benefit, until the 1 Jac. 2, c. 17, subjected it to distribution among the next of kin. In Scotland the 'dead's part' of a man's personalty is that part of which he is entitled to
Fratrage
A sharing among brothers or brothers kin
Capita, Per
the Statute of Distribution) happens when all the claimants claim in their own right, in equal degree of kindred, and not jure representationis (per stripes), in the right of another person, as if the next of kin
Ann, or Annat
over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's relict, child, or nearest of kin, after his decease, Scots Law.
Seggar
A case or holder made of fire clay in which fine pottery is inclosed while baking in the kin
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