Effects
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Property, or worldly substance. As thus used, it denotes property in a more extensive sense than goods.
2 Bla. Com. 284. See The Alpena, 7 Fed. 361.
Indeed the word may be used to embrace every kind of property, real and personal, Including things in action; as, a ship at sea; Welsh v. Parish, 1 Hill (S. C.) 155; a bond; Ba nning v. Sibley, 3 Minn. 389 (Gil. 2S2); 16 East 222; shares of capital stock; Union Nat Bank v. Byram, 131 111.
92, 22 N. E. S42.
In a will, "effects" may carry the whole personal estate; 5 Madd. 72; 15 Ves. 507; but not real estate; Andrews v. Applegate, 223 111. 535, 79 N. E. 170, 12 L. R. A. (N. S.) 661, 7 Ann. Cas. 120; Appeal of Price, 169 Pa. 294, 32 Atl. 4r>.">; unless the word "real" be added; 15 M. & W. 450; Foxall v. Me Kenney, 3 Cranch C. C. 206, Fed. Cas. No. 5,016; Sehouler, Wills § 509. "Effects either real or personal," in the residuary clause of a will, have been held to embrace real estate; 22 L. J. Ch. N. S. 230; Page v. Foust, 89 N. C. 447. When preceded or followed in a will by words of narrower import, if the bequest is not residuary, it will be confined to species of property of the same kind (ejusdem generis) with those previously described; 13 Ves. 39; Rop. Leg. 210.
See 2 Sharsw. Bla. Com. 384, n.
Generally speaking the word "effects" in a will, is equivalent to "property" or "worldly substance"; but the interpretation may be restricted to articles ejusdem generis with those previously enumerated or specified; 1 Ves. Jr. 143; 15 Ves. 500. When "the effects" passes realty, and when personalty, in a will, see 1 Jarin. Wills 585, 590; Ennis v. Smith, 14 How. (U. S.) 400, 420, 14 L. Ed. 472; 1 Cowp. 307; L. R. 8 Ch. Div. 501; Will. In a treaty between the United States and the Netherlands, "effects" was held to include real estate; Dowd v. Sea well, 14 N. C. 188; and in a treaty between Sweden and the United States "fonda et Oien*" (translated goods and effects) was held to embrace all kinds of property; Adams v. Akerlund, ty only in Meier v. Lee, 106 la.
303, 70 N. W. 712.