| 单词 | worthy of blood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasworthy of blood ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > [phrase] > by lineage worthy of bloodc1523 c1523 J. Rastell Expos. Terminorum Legum Anglorum sig. D5 Yf ther be many bretherne & yf any of them purchase landys in fee and dye whithout issu the land shall descend alway to the eldyst brother for yt yt ys he most worthy of blod. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. iv Thelder brother shal haue the lande by descent..for that that thelder brother is more worthy of blode. 1548 N. Bodrugan Epitome Title to Souereigntie Scotl. sig. a.vii The two better partes to be holden of the firste, as of the worthiest of the bloud, accordyng to the Troyan lawe, from whence thei were discended. a1676 M. Hale Hist. Common Law (1713) 230 In the Case of Purchasers,..it resorted to the Line of the Mother, and the nearer and more worthy of Blood were preferred. 1726 G. Jacob Common Law Common-placed 168 In discents, the next and most worthy of Blood, shall inherit. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 213 The worthiest of blood shall be preferred. 1841 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. I. 382 All the female ancestors..were equally worthy of blood. 1891 Juridical Rev. 3 239 If a stranger made a grant to the eldest of four brothers and he died without issue, all the brothers were equally near to him in degree, but the land descended to the second brother as the most worthy of blood. < as lemmas |
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