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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

By the brief of inquest one is served or declared heir to his ancestor; and though it may meet with opposition where there are different competitors for the succession, it generally passes of course, and always without the citation of any special defender.  1, record 1, English, - brief%20of%20inquest

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Il s'agit d'un bref d'enquête en matière de succession. Ce terme est utilisé en Écosse dans le cadre d'une procédure successorale.  1, record 1, French, - bref%20d%27enqu%C3%AAte

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

In English law, the issue in tail, who claims "per formam doni," by the form of the gift. [Black, 6th, p. 724].  1, record 2, English, - heir%20in%20tail

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

An heir general took by descent as fixed by law, as opposed to an heir special or heir in tail, who claimed as issue in tail "per formam doni, "i. e., according to the nature of the estate tail. [Jowitt's, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 897].  1, record 2, English, - heir%20in%20tail

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

héritier en fief taillé; héritier particulier : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 2, French, - h%C3%A9ritier%20en%20fief%20taill%C3%A9

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The heir at common law was he to whom his ancestor's lands, etc., descended according to the common law as modified by the "Inheritance Act, "1833, as opposed to a customary heir or special heir, who inherited by virtue of a custom.... [Jowitt's, 2nd ed., 1977, 897].  1, record 3, English, - heir%20at%20common%20law

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT

A deceased person’s "heir at law" are those who succeed to his estate of inheritance under statutes of descent and distribution, in absence of testamentary disposition, and not necessarily his heirs at common law, who are persons succeeding to deceased’s realty in case of his intestacy. (Black, 5th, p. 650)  1, record 3, English, - heir%20at%20common%20law

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

héritier selon la common law : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 3, French, - h%C3%A9ritier%20selon%20la%20common%20law

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Such goods and personal chattels as, contrary to the nature of chattels, go by special custom to the heir or devisee of the owner, along with the inheritance, and not to the executor. ["Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary, "6th ed., 1976, p. 163]  1, record 4, English, - heirloom

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

objet de famille : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 4, French, - objet%20de%20famille

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

If an estate "pur autre vie" was granted "to A and his heirs, "on A's death the land passed to A's heir... as special occupant for the rest of the life of the "cestui que vie". The heir was allowed this special right to occupy the land by reason of the mention of "heirs" in the grant....(Megarry & Wade, 4th ed., 1975, p. 101).  1, record 5, English, - special%20occupant

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

occupant spécial : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 5, French, - occupant%20sp%C3%A9cial

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Special occupancy. If an estate "pur autre vie" was granted "to A and his heirs, "on A's death the land passed to A's heir... as special occupant for the rest of the life of the "cestui que vie". The heir was allowed this special right to occupy the land by reason of the mention of "heirs" in the grant....(Megarry & Wade, 4th ed., 1975, p. 101).  1, record 6, English, - special%20occupancy

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

occupation spéciale : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 6, French, - occupation%20sp%C3%A9ciale

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Coparcenary arose where two or more persons took hereditaments by the same title by descent. This might be at common law or by special custom. Coparcenary arose at common law where upon the death of a man seised in fee or in tail the land descended upon two or more females as heirs general or heirs in tail; it arose by custom where, according to the custom of gavelkind, the land descended upon two or more male persons. Such persons were called "coparceners"; they constituted but one heir to their ancestor; they had a joint seisin, and they had equal rights in the land as regards each other.(Halsbury, 4th ed., Vol. 39, pp. 371-2)  1, record 7, English, - coparcenary

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

cotenance héréditaire : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 7, French, - cotenance%20h%C3%A9r%C3%A9ditaire

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

General occupancy. If the estate "pur autre vie" was merely granted "to A" without any mention of his heirs, A's heir had no special claim to the land, for it was not inheritable. The first person to enter the land after A's death was therefore entitled to it as "general occupant" for the rest of the life of the "cestui que vie"....(Megarry & Wade, 4th ed., 1975, p. 101).  1, record 8, English, - general%20occupancy

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

occupation ordinaire : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 8, French, - occupation%20ordinaire

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish