Security to
be given and
payment of
legacies. |
96 OF LEGACIES.
Executors and administrators are entitled to
security of a legatee, and next of kin, to indemnify
them against latent debts, and all the
consequences of a payment, before they can be
compelled to pay wither a legacy or distributive
share. For the form of such security, see appendix
No. 25.
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Title to real
estates. |
O F
D E S C
E N T.
A title to real estate is either by descent,
and
the title is then vested in a man by the single
operation of the law, or by purchase, and then
the title is vested in him by his own agreement,
or consent.
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| First rule. |
The first rule of descent is, that inheritances
shall lineally descend to the issue of the person
last actually seized, in infinitum; but shall never
lineally ascend.
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It is to be observed, that no person can be
properly an ancestor, from whom an inheritance
in lands or tenements can be derived,
unless he hath had actual seisin of the land, by
his own entry, or by the possession of his own, |
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