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Heirship Movables

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In Scotch law. The movables which go to the heir, and not to the executor, that the land may not go to the heir completely dismantled, such as the best of furniture, horses, cows, etc., but not fungibles. Hope, Minor Prac. p. 538; Ersk. Inst. 3. 8. 13-17 et seq; Bell, Diet.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

(Scotch) Certain personal property which went to the heir and not to the executor.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Scotch Law. The movables which go to the heir, and not to the executor, that the land may not go to the heir completely dismantled, such as the best of furniture, horses, cows, etc., but not fungibles. Hope, Minor Pr. 538; Erskine, Inst 3. 8. 13-17; Bell, Diet

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Scotch law. The movables which go to the heir, and not to the executor, that the land may not go to the heir completely dismantled, such as the best of furniture, horses, cows, etc., but not fungibles. Bell.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In Scots law. Movables which the law withholds from the executors or nearest of kin, and gives to the heir.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In Seotch law. The movables which go to the heir, and not to the executor, that the land may not go tothe heir completely dismantled, such as the best of furniture, horses, cows, etc., but not fungibles. Bell.