 | Samuel March Phillipps - Evidence (Law) - 1822 - 644 pages
...particular custom, shall be in writing, and signed by the party so devising the same, or by some other person in his presence and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor by three or four credible witnesses, or else they shall be utterly void and of no... | |
 | Sir John Comyns - Digests, etc - 1822 - 1042 pages
...bequest of lands devisable by custom is good, unless in writing signed by the devisor, or some other in his presence and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in his presence by three or four credible witnesses. Vide post, (E 1.) A devise of lands devisable by... | |
 | Samuel Turner - Costs (Law) - 1825 - 1024 pages
...Frauds (rf), or by any particular Custom, must be in Writing signed by the Party devising, or some other Person in his Presence, and by his express Direction, and attested and subscribed in his Presence, by three or four credible Witnesses, otherwise to be void and of no effect. Copyhold,... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1829 - 876 pages
...at that time in -venire tomere, or whether such father be within the age of twenty-one years, or ot full age, by his deed executed in his life time, or...credible witnesses, in such manner and form, and from timo to time, as he shall respectively think fit, to dispose of the custody and tuition of such child... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 930 pages
...charge or in any way affect the same, unless it be in writing, and signed by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed, in the presence of the testator, by three or more competent witnesses." On the point in question the learned judge saw... | |
 | South Carolina, Thomas Cooper, David James McCord - Law - 1839 - 878 pages
...thereof by will in writing, to he signed by the person deviv witnesses. ing' the same, or some other person in his presence and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed by three credible witnesses, in the presence of the said devisor. III. And be it further enacted by... | |
 | Michigan - Session laws - 1839 - 426 pages
...change or in any way to effect the same, unless it be in writing and signed by the testator, or by some person in his presence, and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by three or more competent witnesses, (if made within this state,) and it the witnesses... | |
 | Michigan - Law - 1839 - 396 pages
...change or in any way to effect the same, unless it be in writing and signed by the testator, or by some person in his presence, and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by three or more competent witnesses, (if made within this state,) and if the witnesses... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - Ecclesiastical law - 1843 - 662 pages
...Viet. c. 26, sec. 9. By the former, the will was to be signed by the party devising, or by some other person in his presence and by his express direction, and " attested and subscribed in the presence of the devisor, by three or Construction four credible witnesses." Under this Statute, it has been held... | |
 | John Adams - Ejectment - 1846 - 458 pages
...freehold interests should be in writing, " signed by the party so devising the same, or by some other person in his presence, and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in the presence of the devisor, by three or four credible witnesses," whilst bequests of personalty were regulated by... | |
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No will made within this state, except such nuncupative wills as are mentioned in the following section, shall be effectual to pass any estate, whether real or personal, nor to charge, or in any way affect the same, unless it be in writing, and signed... 
