Before we conclude, it may be proper to observe,that whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and meet in one and the same person, without any intermediate estate, the less is immediately annihilated, or, in the law phrase, is said to be merged,... The Southwestern Reporter - Side 1121917Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| John C. Devereux - 1891 - 432 sider
...usual incidents to a reversion? — 176. Fealty and rent. 29. What is the doctrine of merger ? — 177. Whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and...estate, the less is immediately annihilated ; or, is said, in law phrase, to be merged, that is, sunk or drowned in the greater. CHAPTER XII. OF ESTATES... | |
| Louis Arthur Goodeve - 1891 - 606 sider
...existence of the! term, provided that there is no intervening estate (h). Says Blackstone (i) : — " Whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and meet in one and i the same person, without any intermediate estate, the less is immediately 1 annihilated ; or, in... | |
| Joshua Williams - 1892 - 780 sider
...NC 609. •ee Dot d. Davia v. ffataert, 5 (») Fearne, Cont. Rem. 286. It is a rule of law, that " whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and...is immediately annihilated ; or, in the law phrase, is said to Merger. be merged, that is, sunk or drowned in the greater " (a). From the operation of... | |
| William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague - 1893 - 558 sider
...MEUUKR. Before we conclude the doctrine of remainders and reversions, it may be proper to observe, that whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and...is immediately annihilated ; or, in the law phrase, is said to be merged, that is, sunk or drowned in the greater. Thus, if there be tenant for years,... | |
| 1896 - 766 sider
...Shelton had in the same land from his assignee in bankruptcy. It is stated in 3 Bl. Comm. 177, that "whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and...— that is, sunk or drowned — in the greater." There is nothing in the case to show why the ordinary effect did not take place as to these estates.... | |
| Joshua Williams, Thomas Cyprian Williams - 1896 - 786 sider
...without any intermediate estate, the less is immediately annihilated ; or, in the law phrase, is Merger. said to be merged, that is, sunk or drowned in the greater " («)• From the operation of this rule, an estate tail is preserved by the effect of the statute... | |
| Louis Arthur Goodeve - 1897 - 632 sider
...existence of the term, provided that there is no intervening estate (n). Says Blackstone (<>) : — " Whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and...is immediately annihilated ; or, in the law phrase, is said to be ' merged," that is, sunk or drowned, in the greater." Thus, where the " termor " (that... | |
| Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Edward Potton, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead - 1897 - 896 sider
...is founded? Blackstone, in 2 Comm. 177, describes it as occurring, when a greater and a less estate coincide and meet in one and the same person, without any intermediate estate, and he puts as an instance where tenant for years obtains the fee. Bacon, in his Abridgment, tit. Leases,... | |
| G. Wood Hill - 1898 - 240 sider
...possession the subsequent estate of B." That was our law. Again, on page 346: "It is a rule of law, that 'whenever a greater " ' estate and a less coincide and meet in one and the same 49 " ' person, without any intermediate estate, the less is immediately " ' annihilated : or, in the... | |
| William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague - 1899 - 570 sider
...Merger. Before we conclude the doctrine of remainders and reversions, it may be proper to observe, that whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and...is immediately annihilated ; or, in the law phrase, is said to be merged, that is, sunk or drowned in the greater. Thus if there be tenant for years, and... | |
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