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Distribution, Statute of

children or 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;

Entitled to act

would otherwise be entitled to act. (ii) in every such case the person interested may appear by a next friend, or, in default of his appearance by a next friend, the Collector or Court, as the case

Inheritance

to the three preceding rules. (6) That the collateral heir of the person last seized must be his next collateral kinsman of the whole blood. (7) That in collateral inheritances the male stocks shall be preferred to

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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

Wills

of his death, notwithstanding that by reason of illegitimacy or otherwise he did not leave an heir or next-of-kin surviving him. The fourth and fifth sections relate to dispositions of copyhold estates, and the sixth to estates

Notice to quit

deliver up possession of the premises which you hold of me as tenant thereof on the day of next [or] at the expiration of the year of your tenancy which shall expire next after the end of

Magna Carta

Commonwealth and rendered it perpetual. The statute of Charles II did away with the effect of the four next chapters of the Great Charter. It will be only necessary, therefore, to mention their subjects:-Chapter three related to

Marquis or marquess

Marquis or marquess [fr. marquis, Fr.; marchio, Lat.; margrave, Ger.], one of the second order of nobility, next in order to a duke. The first marquis was Robert de Vere, Ear of Oxford, whom Richard II.

Exhausted paper

names of two or more candidates whether continuing or not are marked with the same figure, and are next in order of preference; or (b) the name of the candidate next in order of preference whether continuing

Salary or wages

factory is not working, is indicative of the fact that it wants to retain their services for the next crushing season. The very fact that retaining allowance is paid to the workmen clearly shows that their services

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