Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	woman_n	year_n	yield_v	40	3	6.9889	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65445	The office and dutie of execvtors, or, A treatise of wils and executors, directed to testators in the choise of their executors and contrivance of their wills with direction for executors in the execution of their office, according to the law, and for creditors in the recovery of their debts : expressing the duty, right, interest, power and authority of executors, and how they may behave themselves in the office of executorship : with divers other particulars very usefull, profitable, and behovefull for all persons, be they either executors, creditors or debtors : compiled out of the body of the common-law, with mention of such statutes as are incident hereunto.	Wentworth, Thomas, 1568?-1628.; Doddridge, John, Sir, 1555-1628.	1641 (1641)	Wing W1358; ESTC R15205	180,173	328

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that_o the_o plaintiff_n shall_v recover_v his_o damage_n against_o the_o defendant_n sed_fw-la quia_fw-la nescitur_fw-la quae_fw-la damna_fw-la etc._n etc._n because_o it_o appear_v not_o to_o the_o court_n what_o the_o damage_n be_v therefore_o a_o writ_n be_v award_v to_o inquire_v of_o damage_n upon_o the_o return_n whereof_o execute_v the_o judgement_n be_v full_o and_o complete_o to_o be_v give_v of_o a_o sum_n in_o certain_a which_o second_o judgement_n it_o appear_v not_o by_o the_o book_n in_o what_o manner_n it_o be_v enter_v and_o therefore_o may_v perhaps_o be_v then_o agreeable_a with_o the_o other_o and_o that_o the_o say_v first_o judgement_n before_o damage_n inquire_v of_o be_v not_o a_o plenary_a &_o full_a judgement_n eliz._n but_o a_o award_n of_o judgement_n have_v be_v divers_a time_n resolve_v banc_fw-la and_o that_o therefore_o any_o defect_n and_o insufficiency_n in_o the_o declaration_n may_v be_v show_v time_n enough_o after_o the_o first_o and_o before_o the_o second_o judgement_n yea_o if_o the_o plaintiff_n die_v before_o the_o second_o judgement_n though_o after_o the_o first_o the_o action_n fall_v to_o the_o ground_n so_o if_o the_o defendant_n die_v otherwise_o of_o death_n after_o full_a judgement_n but_o this_o notwithstanding_o and_o howsoever_o it_o there_o be_v do_v upon_o the_o second_o judgement_n i_o think_v it_o be_v right_a and_o fit_a that_o the_o first_o judgement_n shall_v express_v that_o the_o damage_n shall_v be_v have_v and_o levy_v out_o of_o the_o testator_n good_n for_o who_o and_o in_o who_o right_a the_o executor_n be_v sue_v another_o case_n there_o be_v wherein_o the_o judgement_n must_v be_v as_o it_o seem_v against_o the_o executor_n own_o good_n death_n viz._n in_o a_o action_n of_o covenant_n for_o a_o breach_n of_o covenant_n since_o the_o testator_n death_n debt_n for_o so_o be_v it_o hold_v both_o by_o all_o the_o judge_n of_o common_a plea_n except_o the_o l._n dyar_n eliz_n and_o by_o the_o pregnotary_n in_o the_o late_a queen_n time_n where_o the_o case_n be_v of_o a_o house_n upon_o the_o lease_n negligent_o burn_v in_o the_o executor_n time_n for_o which_o damage_n only_o be_v to_o be_v recover_v and_o sometime_o where_o the_o executor_n himself_o be_v so_o to_o bear_v the_o burden_n etc._n i_o find_v the_o judgement_n enter_v that_o the_o sum_n recover_v shall_v be_v levy_v of_o the_o land_n and_o good_n of_o the_o executor_n chap._n xvii_o of_o woman_n covert_a executor_n there_o be_v two_o kind_n of_o person_n who_o have_v some_o disability_n upon_o they_o viz._n femme_fw-fr covert_n or_o marry_a woman_n and_o infant_n touch_v who_o we_o find_v in_o many_o place_n question_n and_o disceptation_n in_o our_o book_n we_o will_v consider_v of_o they_o by_o themselves_o or_o apart_o from_o other_o yet_o not_o join_v they_o together_o neither_o but_o each_o by_o himself_o separately_z first_o therefore_o of_o femme_fw-fr covert_n touch_v who_o we_o will_v consider_v these_o three_o thing_n first_o whether_o they_o may_v make_v will_n and_o executor_n with_o or_o without_o their_o husband_n assent_n and_o how_o where_o and_o in_o what_o case_n second_o whether_o they_o may_v be_v make_v executor_n without_o their_o husband_n assent_n or_o how_o their_o husband_n may_v hinder_v it_o three_o what_o act_v in_o execution_n of_o the_o executorship_n they_o may_v do_v without_o their_o husband_n or_o their_o husband_n without_o they_o a_o woman_n marry_v 1_o or_o femme_fw-fr covert_n we_o know_v be_v sub_fw-la potestate_fw-la viri_fw-la cui_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la contradicere_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la as_o say_v the_o write_v give_v by_o the_o law_n to_o the_o wife_n for_o recovery_n of_o her_o land_n after_o her_o husband_n death_n be_v alien_v by_o he_o therefore_o it_o be_v that_o judge_n examinata_fw-la when_o a_o woman_n be_v to_o acknowledge_v a_o fine_a of_o any_o land_n do_v examine_v she_o apart_o from_o her_o husband_n to_o know_v whether_o she_o be_v willing_a or_o come_v to_o do_v it_o by_o the_o compulsion_n of_o her_o husband_n it_o be_v therefore_o hard_a for_o she_o to_o have_v freedom_n of_o will_n and_o consequent_o freedom_n to_o make_v a_o will_n beside_o all_o her_o moveable_n or_o good_n personal_a good_a which_o she_o have_v at_o the_o time_n of_o her_o marriage_n otherwise_o than_o as_o executrix_fw-la or_o administratrix_fw-la be_v by_o the_o law_n total_o devest_v out_o of_o she_o and_o settle_v in_o the_o husband_n as_o full_o ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la upon_o the_o very_a marriage_n as_o any_o other_o that_o be_v his_o own_o before_o of_o these_o therefore_o she_o can_v make_v no_o disposition_n no_o more_o than_o of_o other_o her_o husband_n good_n but_o in_o case_n she_o do_v by_o will_v bequeath_v they_o although_o the_o will_n and_o gift_n be_v void_a yet_o if_o the_o husband_n 24._o as_o the_o case_n be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o edw._n the_o second_o do_v after_o his_o wife_n death_n consent_n to_o this_o her_o will_n &_o gift_n by_o deliver_v of_o the_o good_n bequeath_v after_o her_o death_n or_o assent_v that_o the_o legatee_n take_v they_o by_o virtue_n of_o such_o will_n and_o gift_n this_o amount_v to_o a_o new_a gift_n by_o the_o husband_n if_o a_o woman_n have_v a_o lease_n a_o estate_n by_o extent_n a_o wardship_n the_o next_o avoidance_n of_o a_o church_n or_o other_o chattel_n real_a these_o be_v not_o devest_v out_o of_o she_o into_o her_o husband_n by_o marriage_n but_o in_o case_n she_o over-live_a he_o they_o continue_v to_o she_o as_o before_o no_o alienation_n or_o alteration_n have_v be_v make_v by_o the_o husband_n who_o have_v power_n to_o dispose_v of_o they_o by_o gift_n in_o his_o life-time_n though_o not_o by_o his_o will_n yet_o such_o a_o woman_n in_o her_o husband_n life-time_n can_v not_o of_o or_o for_o these_o thing_n without_o her_o husband_n assent_n make_v a_o executor_n or_o will_n but_o she_o die_v before_o he_o they_o will_v by_o the_o operation_n of_o law_n accrue_v to_o he_o and_o here_o then_o observe_v a_o case_n though_o not_o frequent_a yet_o full_a of_o mischief_n when_o it_o happen_v suppose_v that_o a_o woman_n indebt_v a_o thousand_o pound_n and_o have_v lease_n and_o movable_a good_n to_o the_o value_n of_o three_o thousand_o or_o four_o thousand_o pound_n marry_v with_o i._n s._n and_o then_o die_v before_o the_o debt_n be_v recover_v against_o she_o in_o this_o case_n the_o husband_n shall_v have_v and_o go_v away_o with_o all_o this_o value_n of_o his_o wife_n and_o be_v not_o in_o law_n liable_a to_o pay_v one_o penny_n of_o her_o debt_n after_o because_o he_o be_v neither_o her_o executor_n nor_o administrator_n what_o the_o chancery_n can_v do_v or_o rather_o what_o the_o lord_n chancellor_n or_o lord_n keeper_n will_v do_v in_o this_o case_n i_o will_v not_o take_v upon_o i_o to_o say_v or_o determine_v another_o sort_n or_o kind_n of_o good_n or_o rather_o interest_n a_o woman_n may_v have_v viz._n debt_n or_o thing_n in_o action_n which_o as_o the_o former_a be_v not_o devest_v out_o of_o she_o by_o marriage_n into_o her_o husband_n they_o nor_o yet_o can_v she_o thereof_o make_v a_o executor_n without_o her_o husband_n assent_n although_o they_o be_v one_o degree_n far_o from_o the_o husband_n than_o the_o say_a chatel_n real_n for_o that_o though_o th●_n husband_n do_v overlive_v the_o wife_n he_o shall_v not_o be_v entitle_v to_o they_o as_o to_o the_o former_a 22._o but_o if_o his_o wife_n make_v he_o executor_n wife_n as_o she_o may_v or_o if_o after_o her_o death_n he_o take_v administration_n of_o her_o good_n then_o as_o he_o be_v thereby_o entitle_v to_o they_o so_o be_v he_o liable_a also_o to_o pay_v her_o debt_n out_o of_o the_o same_o when_o he_o shall_v have_v receive_v they_o last_o etc._n dato_n that_o a_o woman_n covert_n

must_v needs_o be_v a_o die_a for_o part_v testate_a and_o for_o part_v intestate_a as_o for_o the_o second_o point_n viz._n wife_n or_o woman_n covert_n be_v make_v executor_n and_o so_o have_v the_o office_n of_o executorship_n put_v upon_o they_o against_o their_o husband_n will_n 119._o there_o have_v also_o be_v diversity_n of_o opinion_n in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n edward_n 1_o brab_n justice_n say_v she_o may_v executor_n without_o her_o husband_n and_o the_o administration_n shall_v be_v deliver_v to_o she_o only_o and_o i_o think_v he_o mean_v that_o this_o may_v be_v without_o the_o consent_n of_o her_o husband_n or_o whether_o he_o will_v or_o not_o for_o so_o be_v it_o say_v in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o seven_o to_o be_v the_o law_n spiritual_a b._n and_o indeed_o in_o court_n spiritual_a no_o difference_n be_v make_v between_o woman_n marry_v and_o unmarried_a for_o aught_o i_o can_v find_v there_o a_o wife_n sue_v and_o be_v sue_v alone_o without_o her_o husband_n he_o intermeddle_v not_o nor_o be_v intermedle_v withal_o touch_v the_o thing_n pertain_v to_o his_o wife_n but_o at_o the_o common_a law_n it_o be_v otherwise_o and_o there_o as_o bryan_n chief_a justice_n say_v 15._o a_o wife_n without_o the_o assent_n of_o her_o husband_n can_v be_v executor_n he_o mean_v thereby_o that_o the_o husband_n may_v oppose_v and_o hinder_v it_o for_o such_o a_o one_o may_v be_v name_v executor_n in_o and_o by_o a_o will_n without_o the_o knowledge_n of_o her_o husband_n let_v we_o then_o see_v how_o after_o the_o death_n of_o the_o testator_n the_o husband_n can_v hinder_v she_o prove_v of_o the_o will_n or_o intermeddle_v to_o administer_v since_o it_o may_v be_v a_o matter_n both_o of_o much_o trouble_n and_o danger_n to_o he_o to_o have_v the_o executorship_n fasten_v upon_o his_o wife_n and_o consequent_o upon_o himself_o on_o the_o other_o side_n it_o may_v be_v a_o benefit_n and_o advantage_n to_o the_o husband_n and_o therefore_o we_o will_v also_o consider_v whether_o the_o husband_n may_v though_o his_o wife_n will_v refuse_v assume_v the_o executorship_n and_o fasten_v it_o upon_o she_o the_o testator_n therefore_o be_v dead_a and_o fame_n or_o common_a bruit_n carry_v it_o to_o the_o ordinary_a that_o the_o wife_n of_o i._o s._n be_v make_v executrix_fw-la if_o she_o come_v not_o in_o gratis_o or_o voluntary_o to_o prove_v the_o will_n process_n or_o a_o citation_n be_v to_o be_v send_v out_o of_o the_o spiritual_a court_n against_o she_o to_o enforce_v her_o come_n in_o to_o take_v on_o she_o the_o executorship_n she_o come_v may_v clear_o as_o well_o as_o any_o other_o person_n especial_o if_o her_o husband_n concur_v with_o she_o therein_o refuse_v this_o office_n trust_v and_o charge_n so_o as_o if_o there_o be_v no_o other_o executor_n name_v the_o ordinary_a must_v commit_v the_o administration_n if_o she_o shall_v not_o come_v and_o appear_v she_o shall_v be_v excommunicate_a as_o i_o take_v it_o notwithstanding_o any_o allegation_n or_o intimation_n by_o her_o husband_n of_o his_o unwillingness_n to_o have_v she_o take_v upon_o she_o the_o executorship_n but_o suppose_v she_o do_v come_v into_o court_n and_o offer_v herself_o ready_a to_o take_v the_o executorship_n upon_o she_o and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n her_o husband_n express_v he_o disassent_v thereunto_o pray_v that_o she_o may_v not_o have_v the_o execution_n of_o the_o will_n to_o she_o commit_v what_o will_v then_o be_v do_v this_o i_o confess_v pertain_v to_o another_o learning_n and_o not_o to_o that_o of_o our_o profession_n but_o forasmuch_o as_o i_o find_v that_o in_o the_o court_v spiritual_a a_o wife_n stand_v in_o the_o same_o plight_n and_o state_n as_o a_o woman_n sole_a the_o husband_n not_o intermedle_v with_o all_o in_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o wife_n therefore_o do_v i_o conceive_v that_o in_o that_o court_n the_o husband_n refusal_n will_v not_o be_v of_o force_n to_o hinder_v the_o commit_n of_o the_o executorship_n to_o the_o wife_n not_o refuse_v at_o least_o if_o there_o come_v not_o a_o prohibition_n to_o stay_v the_o spiritual_a court_n such_o proceed_n but_o whether_o a_o prohibition_n be_v in_o such_o a_o case_n to_o be_v grant_v or_o not_o as_o i_o find_v no_o resolution_n in_o my_o book_n so_o will_v i_o not_o take_v upon_o i_o to_o resolve_v this_o stand_v clear_a in_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o law_n of_o england_n 1._o that_o the_o wife_n be_v under_o the_o husband_n power_n and_o can_v contradict_v he_o in_o plead_v and_o do_v other_o act_n even_o touch_v she_o own_o freehold_a 24._o nay_o she_o can_v take_v land_n nor_o good_n by_o gift_n or_o conveyance_n without_o her_o husband_n assent_n as_o the_o law_n have_v be_v and_o for_o aught_o i_o know_v be_v take_v but_o if_o once_o the_o will_v be_v prove_v and_o the_o execution_n thereof_o commit_v to_o the_o wife_n though_o against_o her_o husband_n mind_n and_o consent_n i_o think_v it_o will_v stand_v sirme_a and_o the_o husband_n and_o wife_n be_v after_o sue_v can_v say_v that_o she_o be_v never_o executrix_fw-la and_o i_o doubt_v whether_o the_o wife_n administer_a without_o the_o husband_n privity_n and_o assent_n although_o the_o will_v be_v not_o prove_v do_v not_o conclude_v her_o husband_n as_o well_o as_o herself_o from_o say_v after_o in_o any_o suit_n against_o they_o that_o she_o neither_o be_v executor_n nor_o do_v ever_o administer_v as_o executor_n husband_n yet_o perhaps_o this_o administration_n by_o the_o wife_n against_o her_o husband_n mind_n will_v as_o against_o he_o be_v as_o a_o void_a act_n else_o can_v i_o see_v how_o brian_n opinion_n before_o cite_v viz._n that_o the_o wife_n shall_v not_o be_v a_o executor_n without_o or_o against_o her_o husband_n mind_n can_v be_v law_n on_o the_o other_o side_n if_o the_o husband_n of_o a_o woman_n name_v executor_n will_v have_v his_o wife_n to_o take_v upon_o she_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o will_n wife_n and_o to_o prove_v 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