 | 1826 - 790 pages
...in mentioning the subject, in 2 Commentaries, 177, says, " When a greater estate and a less estate coincide, and meet in one and the same person, without any intermediate estate," — and he puts as an instance, where a tenant for years obtained the fee — " where there is a union... | |
 | Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - 1835 - 862 pages
...impost of England upon merchandize. MERCURIES, or vendors of printed books or papers. MERGER, is where of entry sur disseisin, in the quibus, in the per, in the per and persons, without any intermediate estate, in which case the less is immediately annihilated, or, in... | |
 | Sir Edward Coke, John Henry Thomas - 1836 - 796 pages
...merger, a subject which is intimately connected with the law of surrender. Merger is described, to be whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and...and the same person without any intermediate estate ; whereby the less is immediately annihilated, or is said to be merged, that is, sunk or drowned in... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1836 - 852 pages
...living. Before we conclude the doctrine of remainders and reversions, it may be proper to observe, that whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and...and the same person, without any intermediate estate (y), the less is immediately annihilated ; or, in the law phrase, is said to be merged (20), that is,... | |
 | William Blackstone, James Stewart - 1837 - 342 pages
...conclude the doctrine of remainders and re- The doctrine versions, it may be proper to observe, that whenever a° greater estate and a less coincide and...one and the same person, without any intermediate estate,8 the less is immediately annihilated ; or, in the law phrase, is said to be merged, that is,... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1838 - 910 pages
...(24). Before we conclude the doctrine of remainders and reversions, it maybe proper to observe, that whenever a greater estate, and a less coincide and...and the same person, without any intermediate estate (y), the less is immediately annihilated ; or, in the law phrase, is said to be merged (25), that is,... | |
 | 1838 - 700 pages
...coincide in the same person, in one and the same right, without any intermediate estate, the less estate is immediately annihilated ; or in the law phrase, is said to be merged. James v. Morey, 2 Cow. 246. 88. This rule at 'law is inflexible. Ibid. 89. And where equitable and... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - 1841 - 626 pages
...with the law of estates in reversion, is that of merger. It is a general principle of law that where [[a greater estate and a less coincide and meet in...and the same person, without any intermediate estate (p), the less is immediately annihilated, or in the law phrase, is said to be merged, that is, sunk... | |
 | Henry Kent Staple Causton - 1842 - 346 pages
...Lev. 407. In concluding the doctrine of remainders and reversions, it may be proper to observe, that whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and...estate,* the less is immediately annihilated, or in law phrase, is said to be merged in the greater. Thus, if there be tenant for years, and the reversion... | |
 | Law society - 1843 - 92 pages
...A term for years will merge in the freehold or inheritance, for it is a principle of law that where a greater estate and a less coincide, and meet in...intermediate estate the less is immediately annihilated, or, as it is termed, merged in the greater. But in order that this tnay take place, there must be no intermediate... | |
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Before we conclude the doctrine of remainders and reversions, it may be proper to observe, that f whenever a greater estate and a less coincide and meet in one and the same person, without any intermediate estate/ the less is immediately annihilated;!... 
