单词 | law of deathbed |
释义 | > as lemmaslaw of deathbed 2. Scots Law (historical in later use). A law which stipulates that any deeds granted by a gravely ill person within sixty days of his or her death, and which prejudice the legal heir, can be invalidated; (also) the state or claim of being an heir prejudiced in this way. Esp. in law of deathbed. ΘΚΠ society > law > types of laws > [noun] > inheritance or property Salic law1548 agrarian1656 Falcidian law1656 deathbed1681 gavel-act1803 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. ii. iv. §28 Death-bed is of so great Importance with us, as reaching the Estate, and Heritage of Parties, that the Lords have been very careful for clearing and fixing the same, that it may not be under uncertain conjecture or probation. 1693 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (ed. 2) iii. iv. § 28 The excellent Law of Death-bed, securing Mens Inheritances from being Alienat at that time, may happen to be frustrat and evacuat, if their coming to Church or Mercat be not done, in such a publick and solemn manner, as may give some evidence of their Re-convalescence, without supportation, or straining of Nature. 1705 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1761) II. 303 Rolland of Disblair, her nephew, raises a reduction thereof [of the will] upon the head of deathbed, and gets witnesses..who seemed to prove that she died shortly after, without going either to kirk or market. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 595 The tests of liege poustie opposed to the presumption of deathbed are, survivance during sixty days, and going to kirk or market unsupported. 1865 Solicitors' Jrnl. & Reporter 506/2 We find that a bill has been prepared..for sweeping the law of deathbed bodily out of the law of Scotland. 1895 Glasgow Herald 9 Feb. 4/7 In the case of Scotland,..there is no reference to the curious and important law of deathbed. 1988 Hist. Jrnl. 31 859 The Scottish law of deathbed was particularly complex, for if a testator disposed of his property away from his heir-at-law in the last sixty days before death, the will could be challenged claiming ‘deathbed’. < as lemmas |
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