Death's Part
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
See "Dead's Part"; "Dead Man's Part."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See in:\u s i'Ai;r.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Seo Drap’s Parr; DEAD Man’s Part.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
English law, is that portion of the personal estate of a deceased man which remained after his wife and children had received their reasonable parts from his estate; which was, if he had both a wife and child or children, one-third part; if a wife and no child, or a child or children and no wife, one-half; if neither wife nor child, he hhad the whole to dispose of by his last will and testament; and if he made no will, the same was to go to his administrator. And within the city of London, and throughout the province of York, in case of intestacy the wife and children were till lately entitled to ‘their reasonable parts, and the residue only was distributable by the statute of distribution; but by the 11 G. 1, c. 18, s. 17, 18, the power of devising was thrown generally open. Burn’s L. Dict. See this Dict. tit. Legittme, and Lez Falcidta.