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Disinherited with a 'shilling'
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Malcolm | Report | 8 Mar 2005 21:12 |
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I've seen this discussed elsewhere, and it was mentioned that often people distributed their goods before their death and if a son or daughter had already been well provided for they might receive only a shilling in the will. So, it doesn't automatically follow that getting a shilling meant disinheritance. |
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Shirlock | Report | 8 Mar 2005 18:52 |
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I thought you might like this snippet from The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by E Cobham Brewer. published 1900 It's a book I bought from a second hand shop today. Disinherited. Blackstone tells us that the Romans set aside those testaments which passed by the natural heirs unnoticed; but if any legacy was left, no matter how small, it proved the testator's intention. English law has no such provision, but the notion at one time prevailed that the name of the heir should appear in the will; and if he was bequeathed 'shilling' that the testator had not forgotten him, but disinherited him intentionally. This has cleared up a mystery for me. With a Will where the father left a son a shilling. It may help you. Shirley |
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