Regardless of such legal complexity it was not until 1793 that it was enacted that "all negro and mulatto slaves in all courts of judicature shall be held and adjudged to be personal estate.
Respass, in which it was pointed out that while slaves were by law made real estate for the purpose of descent and dower, yet they had in law many of the attributes of personal estate.
That which is possible; a contingency; a thing or event that may not happen; a contingent interest, as in real or personal estate.
Residuary legatee (Law), the person to whom the residue of personal estate is bequeathed.
The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.
In many of the states, personal estate may be willed at an earlier age.
All persons of full age and sound mind, except married women, may give and bequeath real and personal estate by a last will and testament.
In a few states, personal estate may be willed verbally, if the will is within a specified time reduced to writing, and subscribed by disinterested witnesses.
As an illustration of the rule in regard to the vesting of legacies on personal estate, the following is in point: A testator bequeathed to his daughters the sum of L3,000, five per cent.
The bequest of all a man's personal estate generally is not specific; the very terms of such a disposition demonstrate its generality.
A legacy is specific when it is a bequest of a specified part of the testator's personal estate, which may be distinguished from all others of the same kind.
Terrett to be equally divided including the homes and four acres adjoining (as mentioned before) between them and two thirds parts of the whole of my personal estate be divided between them and their heirs forever.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "personal estate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
