shifting inheritances
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 72 U.S. 710 - Bates v. Brown · 1866Most cited · 8 citing opinions
As if an estate is given to an only child, who dies, it may descend to an aunt, who may be stripped of it by an after-born uncle, on whom a subsequent sister of the deceased may enter, and who will again be deprived of the estate by the birth of a brother
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