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Qu' plura

lay where an inquisition had been taken by an escheator of lands, etc., of which a man died seised, and all the land was supposed not to be found by the office or inquisition; it was to

if there were tow only, each was properly entitled to the whole of a distinct moiety; and being seised in moiety there was no jus accrescendi between them, for on the death of one of them intestate,

Action of possessory

Action of possessory, a class of real actions where the plaintiff had been seised of the land claimed, e.g. novel disseisin as opposed to action ancestral, where the claim was founded on

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Abatement

of Freehold.-The title of a real action which has been abolished. This takes place where a person dies seised of an inheritance, and before the heir or devisee enters, a stranger, having no right, makes a wrongful

seize

seize seized seiz·ing 1 or seise : to put in possession of property or vest with the right of possession or succession [stand seized

Joint-tenancy

of one joint-tenant is no longer to be deemed the possession of the other or others. Joint-tenants being seised per my et per tout, or, as Coke says, totum conjunctim et nihil per se separatim, enjoy a

Lease and release

a common assurance. For it was preferable to a bargain and sale, and to a covenant to stand seised to uses because it effected a transfer of the legal estate under the rules of the Common Law,

Melius inquirendum, ad

a second inquiry, where partial dealing was suspected; and particularly of what lands or tenements a man died seised, on finding an office for the king, Fitz. N.B. 255. For instance of a second inquiry before a

Nuper obit

deforced by her coparcener of lands or tenements, whereof their father, brother, or any other common ancestor died seised of an estate in fee simple, Fitz. N.B. 197.

Personal property

and personalty was that realty devolved directly on the heir or devisee upon the death of a person seised of the estate or inheritance. After that Act it devolved upon the personal representative in trust for the

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