 A man's children or nearest relations are usually about him on his death-bed, and are the earliest witnesses of his decease. They become therefore generally the next immediate occupants, till at length in process of time this frequent usage ripened into...  The Progress of Society - Pàgina 202per Robert Hamilton - 1830 - 411 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Blackstone, James Stewart - 1844 - 684 pàgines
...refined, and, if not from fortuitous circumstances, at least from a plainer and more simple principle. A man's children or nearest relations are usually about him on his death-bed, and are the earliest r 12 ] witnesses of his decease. They became therefore generally the next immediate occupants, till... | |
 | Mary Hennell - 1844 - 374 pàgines
...inheritance arose from the fact that a man's children or nearest relatives are usually about him at his death-bed, and are the earliest witnesses of his decease ; they become generally the next immediate occupants, till at length this frequent usage ripened into general law.... | |
 | Henry St. George Tucker - 1844 - 372 pàgines
...theory. Suffice it to say that it is even less satisfactory than the notion of Mr. Blackstone, that " a man's children or nearest relations are usually about him on his death bed and are the earliest witnesses of his decease. A They become therefore generally" says he,... | |
 | How - 1849 - 96 pàgines
...refined, and if not from fortuitous circumstances, at least from a plainer and more simple principle. A man's children or nearest relations are usually about him on his death bed, and are the earliest witnesses of his decease. They became therefore generally, the next... | |
 | Asa Kinne - 1852 - 736 pàgines
...volumus, post mortem nostram habeamus haredem. — Vinn. Com. in Inst., lib. 2, tit. 10. Etym., sec. 2. A man's children or nearest relations are usually about him on his death bed, and are the earliest witnesses of his decease. They become, therefore, generally the next... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860 - 874 pàgines
...refined, and, if not from fortuitous circumstances, at least from a plainer and more simple principle. A man's children or nearest relations are usually...the earliest witnesses of his decease. They become r*i? therefore generally the next immediate occupants, till at length in pro- L cess of time this frequent... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - 1863 - 812 pàgines
...probable that its immediate original arose not from speculations altogether so delicate and refined. A man's children or nearest relations are usually...till at length in process of time this frequent usage ripened into general law. And therefore, also, in the earliest ages, on failure of children, a man's... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1867 - 926 pàgines
...circumstances, at least from a plainer and more simple principle. A man's children or nearest [ *12 ] relations are usually about him on his *death-bed,...immediate occupants, till at length in process of time thi* frequent usage ripened into general law. And therefore also in the earliest ages, on failure of... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1872 - 266 pàgines
...refined, and, if not from fortuitous circumstances, at least from a plainer and more simple principle. A man's children or nearest relations are usually...and are the earliest witnesses of his decease. They became, therefore, generally the next immediate occupants, till at length this frequent usage ripened... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1872 - 776 pàgines
...refined, and, if not from fortuitous circumstances, at least from a plainer and more simple principle. A man's children or nearest relations are usually...*death-bed, and are the earliest witnesses of his г*-««! decease. They become therefore generally the next immediate occupants, L -" till at length... | |
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