Descent Cast
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The same as what the older writers called a "descent which tolls entry." Where a person who had acquired land by disseisin, abatement, or intrusion died seised of the land, the descent of it to his heir took away or "tolled" the real owner's right of entry, so that he could only recover the land by an action. Litt. § 385 et seq.; Co. Litt. 237b. The doctrine of descent cast was abolished by St. 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 27; Shelf. R. P. St. 228. The term seems to have originally meant "the happening of any descent," because the law casts the land upon the heir. Litt. I 385; Watk. Desc. 33.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Another name for what the older writers called a "descent which tolls entry." When a person had acquired land by disseisin, abatement, or intrusion, and died seised of the land, the descent of it to his heir took away or tolled the real owner's right of entry, so that he could only recover the land by an action. Co. Litt. 237 6; Rap. & L. Diet.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The devolving of realty upon the heir on the death of his ancestor intestate.
Defined under Descent in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The devolving of —— realty upon the heir on the death of his aneestor intestate,