1000000030

J)~fs,

in the ,ight o: his

~,\C{r.M. N~itl,cr

ti"

h,i.. of

conq~ea,

nor

01'

t~ilzie,

h. s right to hcirO,

ip.movc.bb

S. As

(ueelOion by d..

llin~tion,

proprietor

e.to

[cttlc aoyhcri.,',1c

<l1.\lC,

in the prorerform or atefl,,,oent ;

not creobone; fcelutlrng cxeeotors, thJllgh thefc are not

h~rit"~le

J;,~

" .?l lIf ':

!:lut, where a tell.meot is in

pan drawn up in

th~

Clyle of a deed

illlu ViVOI ,

foeh

pm of it n"y cootai o a fettlcmeot of

heritlg~,

thoogh

e)(~eotors

01001.1 b, narned in the teClamenrary pan.

The com'llon method of fw liog the foceeflionof heritage

is by difpofi tion, cootraét of marri,rge,

0 1'

fi nrple proeo·

rltor)' of religoatioo: Aod, though a Mpofitioo !ettling

heritage 01O\1ld have ncither precepr nor procuratory, it

fooods an aélion againfl lhe heir of linc to eomplm his

litles tO the ellare; and thereafrer dil'ell himfelfin favoor

Clf rhe difponee. The appellatiooof railzie , or eotail, is

chicAy ofed in toe cafe of a land eClm, which is fertlcd

a long feri es of heirs, fubllituted one after another.

The perfon firCl called in the tailzic, is thc i"Clitute; the

reCl, the heirs of tailzie, or the fubflitotes.

9. Tailzies, when confidered in rel. tioo to their fevc·

ral degrees of force, are either, t. Simple deClinations:

2 .

Tailzies with prohibi:ory elaufes. 3. T ailzies with

prohibitory, refolorioe, and irritaot claufes. That is a

limpie deClination , where rhe perfoos ealled to the fue·

cellioo are fobCl ituted ooe after aoother, without aoy re·

llraior laid

the exeréife of their property. T he heirs,

Iherefore, fo eeeeding to [oeh eflate, are ab(olute fiars,

aod eonfeqoeody may alter the denioatioo at pleafme.

10.

lo tailzics \Vith clanfes prohibitory,

declariog

Ihar ir {hall oot be lawful tOthe heirs ro contraél debts

or alieo the laods io prejodiee of the fueeeflion, nooe

Clf the heirs can alieo graroitouOy. Bot the m:mbers of

("utail may eontraél debts whieh will be e{fcéloal to the

creditors, or ma)' difpofeof the e{late

(01'

ooerous eaufes.

both thefe fons , rhe maker .himfelf may .;¡lter rhe

lailzie; except,

Where it has beeogranted for

ooe·

roos eaufe, as in mutual railzies; or,

Whcre the ma·

kcr is exprefsly dif.bled,

well as the iollitote or the

heirs.

11 .

Where a rail,ie is guanl<o IVith irritaot aod refo ·

lotil'e elaores, Ihe ellate eotailed cannot be carricd off by

Ihe debt, or deed. of anyof rheheirs flleceeding rbereto,

in prejodice of rhe fuJflitutes.

was Ioog dou',ted,

wlr"her fu eh tailzies ought tObe eff'céloal, even where

Ihe foperior's coof.o t IVH!

ad~ibited;

becaufe they (uok

Ihe propc"y of eUates, aod ermed a perpe'oity of life·

rent! . T hey were fir(1 exylieitely aothori(ed by r685, (.

~ 2.

l3y rhis (lAtute, rhe eorail mll(l be regillreu in a

fpecial regifler efl.blifiled for that porpofe: and the irri·

tanr and refolorive elauf., mufl be ioferted, not ooly in.

Ihe proeol".ltories, preceplS, and feifins, by whieh the

railLies are firfl eon(litoted, bor in all the after·euovey·

anees thereof: oll,erwift they can have

!oree 'gainll

(;n~ular foceel~"s .

But a talzie, rven wilhom thlfe re·

qoi!ites,

e[e(loal ag.iofl rhe hrir o( the gr.ntcr,

01'

a·

[,inU the infliH'te ,,1'0 .eeepts u( i,.

2 .

P.o k;r o( rr.t,il h" f,,1I power over thr entailt·,1

e(l' te, ex"pt in fo

as he is

c~rrclsly

fmered ; ,n" .t,

nr.il

, are ' o nnfA"ourJble ..dlr.llnt upoo prorelly,

lo.!

a freqtrt,n fOl,e

t"lu,ng peorlc, they are

j'l'I.'iI}

;¡

jl//'¡¡;

d, ~t

no prolrib:¡iuo or irrirancies m

be in:."..

reu by impliearion.

r3.

Anh.ir,

who counteraélst rcdire,'lion! orthrtailú,

by aliCning any pa:r of the elbtc, eharging ir "it:' dtbt,

cre.

is [,id tOcoorraveoe. It is nO! the

filOpl~

coomc·

r,ng

01'

debt rhat infers

eonrraveolio~;

rhe I. nds enr.iled

mu!1be aélually adjllJged opoo t'" debt cootraéled. An

heir m,y, where he is nor

expr~fsly

bmed,

fcttl~

ration.

al prov,fi·JOs

his wife and ehildreo, withour ioeorring

COlltrnention

14'

When the heirs of the lan pe,(on fpeeially ealled

in a tailzie come to fll':ceed, the irritaoeies have oolooger

any perroo io favoor of whom theycan opeme; an'!con·

fequently, the fee, whieh lOas b:forc tailzied. beeomes

fi lOplt and unlimireo in the perfoo of foch heirs . The

K,ng may porehafe laoos wirhio Scotlaod, ootwithflalld·

iog the flriélefl eotail; aoel where rhe lands are in the

hands of minors or fatooos perfoos, his

~Iajelly

m,y pur·

eha!e them from rlre eurators

01'

goardians. And hcirs

of entaíl mty fell to their v.[tls the fuperioriti:s belung.

iog ro the eou ileu eUare ; bot ioall rhefe eafes, the priee

is to be fettled in rhe f.m: mlno:r tlrat the IJnJs or

fo~:.

rioriries fold were fmled before the fale.

5. Rights, not only of hnd eClares, bot

boods,

are fomerimes grao:eo to twO or morepe,fons in coojooa

fee. Where a righ! is fo grdoted to two(traogers, wiro·

oot aoy fpeeial eI ,u(e adj:t!eJ tO ir,

el~h

of them has an

eqoal inrerefl io rhe fee, and the plrt of the deee.fed

defeends to his own

h~ir.

If lhe right be rakeo ro rhe

rwo joiotly, aod

¡he longdi lil'"

and lheir heirs, the fe·

veral {harts of the eoojonél fi m are a[.(¡:lble by thól'

ered,tors doriog their Irres; bot,

rhe del:h of aoy

OAeof them, rhe furvivor has tne

f~e

of the wnol:, in fa

far as t!1C time of the predcceafed remains free,

aft~r

paymeot of his debts. Where the righr is rl'<en to the

two in conjllnél fec, and ro the

heir~

of ooe of them,

to whofe heirs the right is r.lken, is the ooly fi,,;

rh~

right of the other rerolves

ir.ro

a fim ple lifertnr : Yet

whcre a f.:]ler t1kes a right to himfclf lnd his foo

j ~int.

Iy,

~od

ro the fon 's heirs, [odr right being gratuitoos

is oot uoderflood ro Clrip rhe f,ther o( the fee. onlefs

a eontrary inreorioo fh.1I pl.tioly appw from the teoar

of the right.

6. Where a right is raken toa hufb,lOd aod wife, in

eoojuncl fee and lifereot, the hofb,od, as the

perfi n"

dil(lIIor,

is the oo'y fiar: The wife's ,ight refoloes ioroa

lifmot, u,lef! it be prefome.ble, f,o:o fpceial eireomCl,n.

ces, tirar the fee was inreodeo

he in rhe \Vife. Wh!re

a right of mOI'eables is taken to hofblOd and wife.

th~

heirs of hoth fueceed equ.lly, according tOthe oa¡ural

m".ning of the Il·ords.

' 7 Heirs of provifioo are thofe II'ho fueeeed ro any

fuhjcél, in virtue of a provifion io the ,o ..eniHlle, or o·

thl r det,1of fwlerncllt. This arrcll rtion is gilen mn'l

commonly 'o hei rs of a marriagc Thlfe are morc la·

I'ourrlrly reganleu rh,n heir' ),y fio'rll' ddlioation , II'ho

h,,'c onl)' the h.,pc of fr:ccdlivo;

~rirs

o; a m.troiJ

:1"

ill.Cltl(~·

Ihei r pro\itinns :l re

(0n'I II!J7~f

o";:r,ltI$

runlr;¡~t

e tnllot

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Jíf.,ppointt·d

nf I!:;:nl

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