Excerpt from A New Abridgment of the Law, Vol. 3 of 7 Tenant by the curtesy is he, who after his wife's death (having had issue by her inheritable) is introduced into her inheritance, and has an estate for life therein; and he is so called from the favour or curtesy of that law which made this provision for him, to which he had no natural right, nor to which any other nations, (a) except those of Great Britain and Ireland, admitted him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and ...
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Excerpt from A New Abridgment of the Law, Vol. 3 of 7 Tenant by the curtesy is he, who after his wife's death (having had issue by her inheritable) is introduced into her inheritance, and has an estate for life therein; and he is so called from the favour or curtesy of that law which made this provision for him, to which he had no natural right, nor to which any other nations, (a) except those of Great Britain and Ireland, admitted him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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