Report of the First[-thirty-first] Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, Volume 6Virginia State Bar Association, 1893 - Bar associations |
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Page 186
... testator can always be taken cognizance of by a court of construction , and given effect as determining his will . For there are rules of law , and legal rules of construction , which fix the use of certain words , or forms of ...
... testator can always be taken cognizance of by a court of construction , and given effect as determining his will . For there are rules of law , and legal rules of construction , which fix the use of certain words , or forms of ...
Page 187
... testator's in- tention . Kennon v . McRoberts , 1 Wash . ( Va . ) , 96 . And it should also be remarked that though the aim of inter- pretation is to discover the meaning of the words as used by the testator , it is not always possible ...
... testator's in- tention . Kennon v . McRoberts , 1 Wash . ( Va . ) , 96 . And it should also be remarked that though the aim of inter- pretation is to discover the meaning of the words as used by the testator , it is not always possible ...
Page 188
... testator knew of his existence , through some other person , partially described by the words , may seem to be the one whom the testator ought to have intended . Am . Bible Society v . Pratt , 9 Allen ( Mass . ) , 109 ; Tucker v . Sea ...
... testator knew of his existence , through some other person , partially described by the words , may seem to be the one whom the testator ought to have intended . Am . Bible Society v . Pratt , 9 Allen ( Mass . ) , 109 ; Tucker v . Sea ...
Page 190
... testator's will in hand , looks for the object of his bounty and the thing intended to be given , and expects them to answer precisely the terms of description given of them in the will . Generally they do , and there is no difficulty ...
... testator's will in hand , looks for the object of his bounty and the thing intended to be given , and expects them to answer precisely the terms of description given of them in the will . Generally they do , and there is no difficulty ...
Page 191
... testator . It sometimes happens that from those facts there is " no light , but rather darkness visible , " and the in- terpreter must turn elsewhere for help ; or - that tragedy of judicial interpretation - the will must fail for ...
... testator . It sometimes happens that from those facts there is " no light , but rather darkness visible , " and the in- terpreter must turn elsewhere for help ; or - that tragedy of judicial interpretation - the will must fail for ...
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