 | William Ward - 1826 - 536 sider
...whole taken together, and from any codicil which forms a part of it. Every word is to have its effect, provided an effect can be given to it not inconsistent...the general intent of the whole will taken together : for a testator is not to be supposed to have used words without meaning, if it is possible to give... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Chancery - 1827 - 926 sider
...Doughty (,62), and upon which I have always acted, viz. to give effect to every word of the will ; provided an effect can be given to it not inconsistent...general intent of the whole will, taken together; for if the general intention can be collected, it is the duty of the Court to adapt every regulation... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court, Merritt M. Robinson - 1845 - 620 sider
...whole taken together, and from any codicil which forms a part of it. Every word is to have its effect, provided an effect can be given to it not inconsistent...the general intent of the whole will taken together, for a testator is not to be supposed to have used words without meaning, if it is possible to give... | |
 | 1846 - 660 sider
...Constantine (6 Ves. 102), that is, it is the duty of the Court to give effect to every word of the will, provided an effect can be given to it not inconsistent...the general intent of the whole will taken together. In the present case the intention is clear, for the testator does not merely say that he intends to... | |
 | Anthony L. Robertson - 1867 - 786 sider
...of the testator. (Touchstone, 434. 2 Bl. Com. 381.) The court will give effect to every word of the will, without change or rejection, provided an effect can be given to it not inconsistent with the intent. (Gray v. Minnethorp, 3 Vesey Jr. 105. Constantine v. (7onstantine, 6 id. 102. Doe v. Rawding,... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - 1884 - 806 sider
...of the continuance of her life, compose, etc. The court is bound to give effect to every word of the will, without change or rejection, provided an effect...the general intent of the whole will taken together. Bigelow's Jarman on Wills, *page 472, note 1. Bierce v. Bieree. The argument that there is a trust,... | |
 | John Proffatt - 1876 - 226 sider
...under the general description of her grandchildren. The court is bound to give effect to every word of a will without change or rejection, provided an...general intent of the whole will taken together.* Thus, if one devises land to AB in fee, and afterwards in the same will devises the same land to C... | |
 | John Proffatt - 1876 - 226 sider
...under the general description of her grandchildren. The court is bound to give effect to every word of a will without change or rejection, provided an...general intent of the whole will taken together.* Thus, if one devises land to AB in fee, and afterwards in the same will devises the same land to C... | |
 | Ransom Hebbard Tyler - 1876 - 604 sider
...Tho rule of construction is well settled, that every word in the instrument is to have its effect, if an effect can be given to it not inconsistent with the general intent of the whole instrument, when taken together, and no word is to be rejected unless there cannot be a rational construction... | |
 | Illinois. Appellate Court, James Bolesworth Bradwell - 1879 - 712 sider
...the other provisions of the will. In the construction of wills " every word is to have its effect, provided an effect can be given to it not inconsistent...general intent of the whole will, taken together; for a testator is not to be supposed to have used words without meaning, if it is possible to give... | |
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The court is bound to give effect to every word of a will without change or rejection, provided an effect can be given to it not inconsistent with the general intent of the whole will taken together... 
