But except this denunciation, naught was denounced against the usurper; who, mindful of the tenure by which he reigned, ruled over the island for many moons; at his death bequeathing the girdle to his son.
He made his will bequeathing all his property to his adopted son, because, said he, “If she were alive she would wish him to have it all, and to me her wish is law.
Finally a sister of the wife died, bequeathing her little girl to the Nineveh household.
Yea, more--a "Divine Warrant" for a father holding his children as slaves and bequeathing them as property to his heirs!
Apostates were deprived of the right of bequeathing their own property.
Whoever died without bequeathing a part of his property to the Church, died without confession and the sacraments, and forfeited Christian burial.
A short time before she died she divided her few trinkets and personal possessions between the three young people, bequeathing to Anna, in addition, a sealed letter, to be read on her twenty-first birthday.
University, on one occasion making special ordinances to be proclaimed and observed therein,[1313] and at his death bequeathing certain books to the Library.
Here the duke died in November 1585, bequeathing all his personal property (the duchy of Bracciano he left to his son by his first wife) to his widow.
A genuine lover of liberty, he periled his all to secure the independence of his country, and died in a good old age, bequeathing to his posterity the remembrance of his virtues.
Bequeathing to posterity the inheritance of his fame And building his monument in the hearts of his countrymen, He Lived The Ornament of the 18th Century He Died regretted by a Mourning World.
The bequeathing to the Church of estates which will become mortmain lands is inadmissible: "No one can transmit more rights than he possesses, and no one is personally possessed of rights of civil lordship extending beyond the term of life.
A peculiar form for bequeathing a gift was that of the Precaria, according to which the giver retained to himself for his lifetime the use of the goods which he gifted.
Cousin Cæsar had been absent but a short time, when that limb of the law appeared and wrote a will dictated by young Simon; bequeathing all of his possessions, without reserve to Roxie Daymon.
The written opinion of this competent person declares the clause, bequeathing the Vange estate to Father Benwell, to be so imperfectly expressed, that the will might be made a subject of litigation after the testator's death.
The Statutes of Mortmain," he rejoined, "can't prevent my bequeathing my property to an individual.
A short time ago, old Miss l’Estrange died, bequeathing all her worldly possessions to Catherine.
In bequeathing the administrative power to a youth in his tenth year, Iemitsu clearly foresaw that trouble was likely to arise.
Woe to the man, in Dante's age, who sunk into his grave without bequeathing a heritage of love; on whose sod no refreshing dew of sorrowing affection descended.
After bequeathing money or effects to various relatives and friends, he speaks of charity "works for the health of my soul.
This great heart was content to endure them as the penalty of bequeathing to mankind its priceless secret.
They died almost before the house at Kephissia was finished, bequeathing its magnificence to two young nephews, also rich, but resident in Italy.
He returned to Kilkenny to die in 1791, bequeathing a large portion of his fortune to Trinity College, to enrich its MS.
He employed his liberal fortune in the collection of rare manuscripts and relics of ancient art, and died at the age of 68, bequeathing his collection of antiquities to the British Museum.
JUDAH TOURO died at New Orleans, aged 78; bequeathing nearly two millions of dollars to the public institutions of that city.
HENRY WARE WALES, an American linguist, died at Paris, aged 37, bequeathing a large and valuable library to Harvard college.
She died immediately afterwards, the first victim of the signature, as she has been called, andbequeathing a letter to her fellow-sufferers on the subject.
Her children died young; her own health broke down; she herself at length died under an operation, bequeathing a legacy to Port Royal, which had remained entwined with all dearest associations.
Frederick has had nothing to do with my uncle's bequeathing the estate to him.
It was the codicil, drawn up with all due form, bequeathing Verner's Pride to Lionel Verner.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bequeathing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
