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OF DESCENT. 97
of his ancestor's lessee for years; or by receiving
rent from a lessee of the free hold, or unless,
in case of an incorporeal hereditament,
he hath had what is equivalent to corporal
seisin, such as the receipt of rent. Co. Litt.
11, 15. Wherefore the seisin of any person
makes him the root, or stock, from which the
inheritance, by right of blood, must be derived.
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The second rule of descent is, that the male
issue shall be preferred before the female; but
tho' daughters are excluded by sons, yet they
are preferred before any collateral relations.
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Second rule. |
The third rule of descent is, that, where
there are two or more males, in equal degree,
the eldest shall inherit; but if two or more females,
they shall all inherit together.
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Third rule. |
The fourth rule of descent is, that
the lineal
descendants, in infinitum, of a person deceased,
shall represent their ancestor, (that is) shall
stand in the same place, as the ancestor would
have done, had he been living.
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Fourth rule. |
Thus the child, grand chid, or great grand
child, of each sex, of the eldest son, shall be
preferred before a younger son; and so in infinitum:
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