The American Law Review, Volume 9Little, Brown, and Company, 1875 - Law |
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THE LAW OF ADOPTION . ON the 2d of June , 1825 , the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company , " in consideration of the principal sum of $ 100,000 received by them of Nathaniel Curtis and Isaac Clapp , trustees of Robert Roberts ...
THE LAW OF ADOPTION . ON the 2d of June , 1825 , the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company , " in consideration of the principal sum of $ 100,000 received by them of Nathaniel Curtis and Isaac Clapp , trustees of Robert Roberts ...
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... Massachusetts , the law was well settled , that a voluntary settlement fairly made could not be revoked , unless a power of revocation was reserved ; and that , though a court of equity would not aid in perfecting such a contract while ...
... Massachusetts , the law was well settled , that a voluntary settlement fairly made could not be revoked , unless a power of revocation was reserved ; and that , though a court of equity would not aid in perfecting such a contract while ...
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... Massachusetts , and were to follow the common - law definition . In Ide v . Ide , 5 Mass . 501 , the same estate was recognized . In Hawley v . Northampton , 8 Mass . 38 , the court fully explains , that , " in a devise to a man and to ...
... Massachusetts , and were to follow the common - law definition . In Ide v . Ide , 5 Mass . 501 , the same estate was recognized . In Hawley v . Northampton , 8 Mass . 38 , the court fully explains , that , " in a devise to a man and to ...
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... Massachusetts . It was , as we are informed , originally passed as a remedy for the distressing cases arising under the custom of adopting children , which was then increasing rapidly in that state , through the efforts of foundling ...
... Massachusetts . It was , as we are informed , originally passed as a remedy for the distressing cases arising under the custom of adopting children , which was then increasing rapidly in that state , through the efforts of foundling ...
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... Massachusetts Statute of Distri- bution ( Gen. Stat . c . 91 , ยงยง 6 , 7 ) this phrase , of persons taking " by right of representation , " is used , and many wills are drawn . employing the same phraseology . Sect . 12 defines the ...
... Massachusetts Statute of Distri- bution ( Gen. Stat . c . 91 , ยงยง 6 , 7 ) this phrase , of persons taking " by right of representation , " is used , and many wills are drawn . employing the same phraseology . Sect . 12 defines the ...
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