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Name and arms olause

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

The popular name in English law for the clause, sometimes inserted in a will or settlement by which property is given to a person, for the purpose of imposing on him the condition that he shall assume the surname and arms of the testator or settlor, with a direction that, if he neglects to assume or discontinues the use of them, the estate shall devolve on the next person in remainder, and a provision for preserving contingent remainders.

3 Dav. Prec. Conv. 277; Sweet