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,... Wisconsin Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Wisconsin - Page 477by Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frderick C. Seibold - 1876Full view - About this book
| William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 698 pages
...living. 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 the same person, without any intermediate estate v, the less is immediately annihilated; or, in the law phrase, is said to be merged, that is, sunk... | |
| Massachusetts, William Charles White - Law - 1810 - 208 pages
...for the maxim of law is, " accessoriiui'. nan -duett, scd gcynitur suum princifiale." JV. Of merger. 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,... | |
| Richard Preston - Conveyancing - 1816 - 616 pages
...which furnish the conclusion that a merger has taken^ place, (b) Sometimes merger is described to be whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and...the same person, without any intermediate estate, whereby the less is immediately annihilated, or is said to be merged, that is, sunk or drowned in the... | |
| Sir Edward Coke, Sir Thomas Littleton, John Henry Thomas - Land tenure - 1818 - 752 pages
...merger, a subject which is intimately connected with the law of surrender. Merger is desci ¡bed to be whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and...and the same person without any intermediate estate; whereby the less is immediately annihilated, or is said to be merged, that is, sunk or drowned in the... | |
| William Sheppard - Conveyancing - 1820 - 1178 pages
...a greater estate for yean or not. Cro. Eliz. 302 ; Via. Abr. Merger (G.) Merger is described to be, whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and...the same person, without any intermediate estate, whereby the less is immediately annihilated, or is said to be merged; that is, sunk or drowned in the... | |
| Charles Barton - Conveyancing - 1821 - 696 pages
...living. 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 the same person, without any intermediate estate u , the less is immediately annihilated ; or, in the law phrase, is said to be merged, that is, sunk... | |
| Alexander Whellier - 1825 - 836 pages
...tenements, till the party shall appear to be living. Before we conclude, 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,... | |
| sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 626 pages
...living. 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 the same person, without any intermediate estate y, the less is immediately annihilated; or, in the law phrase, is said to be merged, that is, sunk... | |
| Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Sir Cresswell Cresswell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1827 - 1014 pages
...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,... | |
| Richard Preston - Conveyancing - 1829 - 612 pages
...which furnish the conclusion that a merger has taken place (i). Sometimes merger is described to be whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and...the same person, without any intermediate estate, whereby the less is immediately annihilated, or is said to be merged, that is, sunk or drowned in the... | |
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