Death’s Part

English Law: Death’s Part in the Past

That portion of the personal estate of a deceased man which reMaine (see more about this U.S. State laws here) d after his wife and children (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) had received their reasonable parts from his estate; which was, if he had both a wife and child (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) or children (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia), one-third part; if a wife and no child (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) or a child (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) or children (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) and no wife, one-half; if neither wife nor child (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia), he had the whole to dispose of by his last will and testament; and if he made no will, the same was to go to his administrator. And within the city of London and throughout the province of York, if intestacy, the wife and children (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) were till lately entitled to their reasonable parts and the residue only was distributable by, the statute of distribution; but by the 11 G. I. c. 18, s. 17, 18, the power of devising was thrown generally open. Burn’s L. Dict., See this dict. tit. Legitime and Lex Falcidia. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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1. Partialy, this information about death’s part is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including death’s part.

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