Wild's Case
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
RULE IN. A devise to B. and his children or issue, B. having no issue at the time of the devise, gives him an estate tail, which would become a life estate in the first taker under our statute. 194 111. 400; 221 111. 64. But if he have issue at the time, B. and his children take joint estates for life. 6 Coke, 16b; White & T. Lead. Cas. Real Prop. 542, 581. The rule was intended to enlarge the estate, and not to cut it down. 221 111. 64.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
The Rule in Wildes Case: if* A and to his children or issue, and B hath no the devise, it is an estate taU; but if he has and his children.take joint estates for life. 6