Haereditas nunquam ascendit
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An inheritance never ascends. This very ancient maxim was recorded in writings in the time of Henry the Second and was probably of feudal origin and formed the basis of the first canon of descent that inheritances should lineally descend to the issue of the person who last died actually seised in infinitum; but should never lineally ascend. See 2 Bl Comm 208, 211.
See haereditas luctuosa.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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haereditas nunquam ascendit — /haredataes narjkwam asendat/ An inheritance never ascends. 2 Bl.Comm. 211. A maxim of feudal origin, and which invariably prevailed in the law of England down to the passage of the statute 3 & 4 Wm. IV, c. 106, No. 6, by which it was abrogated … Black's law dictionary
haereditas nunquam ascendit — /haredataes narjkwam asendat/ An inheritance never ascends. 2 Bl.Comm. 211. A maxim of feudal origin, and which invariably prevailed in the law of England down to the passage of the statute 3 & 4 Wm. IV, c. 106, No. 6, by which it was abrogated … Black's law dictionary
