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Whole Estate

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Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

A testator gave to his four sons equally " the balance of my whole estate after deducting the aforesaid legacies; " and it was held that the words " whole estate " meant not the whole original estate, but the residue after the payment of debts. Morris r. Morris, 4 Houst. 414.