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Entireties, tenancy by
the husband's con-veyance alone would not have had any effect against his wife surviving him. The husband being seised of the whole estate during coverture either in his own right or jure uxoris, could of course part
Coparceners or parceners
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
Primer seisin
mesne lords. It was a right which the King had, when any of his tenants in capite died seised of a knight's fee, to receive of the heir (provided he were of full age) one whole year's
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
Possession
species of presumptive title where land descended to the heir of an abator, intruder, or disseisor, who died seised; in law, when lands, etc., have descended to a man, and he has not actually entered into them;
Tenancy in Common
may vest in each tenant at different times. There being no entirety of interest among tenants-in-common, each is seised of a distinct though undivided share; they hold neither 'per mie' (not at all) nor 'per tout' and
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