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A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Statute of.

The title of the English statute of 22 <fe 28 Charles II. c.

10, containing provisions for the distribution of the personal estate of an intestate among the widow and children, or next of kin.

2 Kenfs Com. 420.

Statutes of a similar kind in the United States are generally termed statutes of distribution.