HEIRLOOM

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HEIRLOOM , strictly so called in English law, a chattel (" loom " meaning originally a

tool

TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

) which by immemorial usage is regarded as annexed by

inheritance

INHERITANCE

to a family estate. Any owner of such heirloom may dispose of it during his life-time, but he cannot bequeath it by will away from the estate. If he dies intestate it goes to his

heir

HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a
house
- HOUSE
- HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
  Gothic
  - GOTHIC
  it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

-at-law, and if he devises the estate it goes to the devisee. At the present time such heirlooms are almost unknown, and the word has acquired a secondary . and popular meaning and is applied to furniture, pictures, &c., vested in trustees to hold on trust for the person for the time being entitled to the possession of a settled

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

. Such things are more properly called settled chattels. An heirloom in the strict sense is made by family custom, not by

settlement

SETTLEMENT
SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

. A settled chattel may, under the Settled Land Act 1882, be sold under the direction of the

court

, and the money arising under such sale is

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

money. The

court

will only sanction such a sale if it be shown that it is to the benefit of all parties concerned; and if the article proposed to be sold is of unique or historical character, it will have regard to the intention of the settlor and the wishes of the

remainder

REMAINDER, REVERSION

men (Re

Hope

HOPE, ANTHONY
HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

, De Cello v.

Hope

HOPE, ANTHONY
HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

, 1899, 2 ch. 679).

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