 A legacy is general when it is so given as not to amount to a bequest of a particular thing or money of the testator, distinguished from all others of the same kind. It is specific when it is a bequest of a specified part of the testator's personal estate...  A Treatise on the Law of Legacies - Página 256por Roper Stote Donnison Roper - 1829Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Political dictionary - 1846 - 976 páginas
...the legatee till the debts of the deceased are paid. Legacies are of two kinds, general and specific. A legacy is general when it is so given as not to amount to a bequest of a particular thing, or a particular fund of the testator ; a specific legacy is a bequest of a specified... | |
 | 1853 - 502 páginas
...the legatee till the debts of the deceased are paid. Legacies are of two kinds, general and specific. A legacy is general when it is so given as not to amount to a bequest of a particular thing, or a particular fund of the testator ; a specific legacy is a bequest of a specified... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - 530 páginas
...representatives of the legatee, and will pass by his will. Legacies are of two kinds, general and specific. A legacy is general when it is so given as not to amount to a bequest of a particular thing, or a particular fund of the testator ; a specific legacy is a bequest of a ejiecified... | |
 | John Proffatt - 1876 - 226 páginas
...general legacy, and a specific legacy; with the former is classed what is termed a pecuniary legacy. A legacy is general when it is so given as not to amount to the giving of some particular thing, or money, belonging to the testator. A legacy is specific when... | |
 | John Proffatt - 1876 - 226 páginas
...general legacy, and a specific legacy ; with the former is classed what is termed a pecuniary legacy. A legacy is general when it is so given as not to amount-to the giving of some particular thing, or money, belonging to the testator. A legacy is specific... | |
 | Sir Edward Vaughan Williams, Walter Vere Vaughan Williams - 1877 - 814 páginas
...III. Of Specific Legacies. Of legacies there are two kinds : a general legacy and a specific legacy. A legacy is general when it is so given as not to amount to a bequest of a particular tiling or money of the testator, distinguished from all others of the same kind. A legacy... | |
 | William Whitehead Ladd, Charles Fisk Beach (Jr.), Abraham Adolf Greenhoot - 1881 - 698 páginas
...be transferred in specie to the legatee." In 2 Williams on Executors (6th ed.), 1250, it is said : " A legacy is general when it is so given as not to amount to a bequest of a particular thing or money of the testator, distinguished from all others of the same kind. A legacy... | |
 | 1901 - 958 páginas
...fail." In Tifft v. Porter, 8 N. _Y. 616, Johnson, J., speaking for the majority of the court, •aid: rrying on any trade or business shall particular thing or money of the testator distinguished from all others of the same kind. It is specific,... | |
 | 1886 - 844 páginas
...charges as aforesaid, these were held specific legacies." Again, at page 739, the same author says: " A legacy is general, when it is so given as not to amount to a bequest of a particular thing, or money of testator, distinguished from all others of the same kind. A legacy is... | |
 | 1913 - 1152 páginas
...Cent Dig. g§ 1939-1944; Dec. Dig. f 753.*] Ti. WILLS (§ 756*)— CONSTBUCTION— "GENERAL LEGACY." A legacy is general when it is so given as not to amount to a bequest of a particular thing, or money of testator, as distinguished from all others of the same kind. [Ed. Note.—... | |
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