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In a clear, plain, eafy, and familiar Manner,

How a Man's FAMILY or RELATIONS will be entitled to his REAL and PERSONAL ESTATE, by the Laws of ENGLAND, and Customs of the City of LONDON and Province of YORK.

то WHICH IS ADDED

The Difpofal of a Person's Estate, By WILL and TESTAMENT;

CONTAINING

An EXPLANATION of the MORTMAIN-ACT, With INSTRUCTIONS and neceffary FORMS for every Perfon to make, alter, and republish his own WILL:

LIKEWISE

DIRECTIONS for Executors how to act after the Teftator's Death, with refpect to proving his Will, taking upon them the Executorship, getting in the Effects, and paying Debts and Legacies.

By PETER LOVELASS, of the INNER TEMPLE, Gent. Author of the Explanation of the Law concerning Bills of Exchange, &c.

The SIXTH EDITION, with ADDITIONS.

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Printed for the AUTHOR; and fold by T. WHIELDON, Fleet-Street; J. Baw, Paternofter-Row; R. PHENEY, Succeffor to P. URIEL, Inner Temple-Lane; and R. SPENCE, Oufgate, York,

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PREFACE. ·

'ROM the number of books which contain the

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fcience of our law, and the numerous applications to perfons converfant therein, for advice concerning the title to real and perfonal estate in cafes of inteftacy; it is indifputably clear that no felection could be made from the venerable pile of law-learning, more immediately ufeful, than that which relates to the eftates of perfons dying inteftate; and of this the author hereof being convinced, was led to select the first part of this work; to which he has, fince the publication thereof, made very confiderable additions, and copiously treated on the law relative to laft wills and teftaments; and in the latter, as well as his former proceedings, hath endeavoured to avoid the technical terms of the law; and when the Latin words, or those terms, have occurred, and could not be avoided without obfcuring the fenfe, has added the English to the one, and explained the meaning of the other; laying down the whole with fuch clearness and perfpicuity, as to render the fame perfectly intelligible and eafy of comprehenfion to thofe unacquainted with the fyftem of our law, or the phrases commonly ufed by writers thereon.