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baron_n atkyns_n and_o mr._n justice_n lutwich_n and_o so_o be_v it_o nou._n 20._o 1689._o between_o stephens_n and_o throgmorton_n in_o chancery_n it_o have_v likewise_o be_v hold_v so_o in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n and_o according_o adjudge_v by_o sir_n richard_n raynes_n upon_o solemn_a argument_n by_o the_o most_o eminent_a counsel_n both_o of_o the_o civil_a and_o common_a law_n in_o the_o case_n of_o james_n storey_n febr._n 26._o 1685._o and_o in_o the_o case_n of_o george_n hawles_n by_o the_o same_o judge_n upon_o june_n 1._o 1687._o then_o it_o be_v urge_v that_o the_o statute_n of_o jac._n 2._o for_o revive_v and_o continuance_n of_o several_a act_n of_o parliament_n therein_o mention_v prove_v this_o for_o it_o be_v enact_v that_o if_o after_o the_o death_n of_o the_o father_n any_o of_o his_o child_n shall_v die_v intestate_a without_o wife_n or_o child_n in_o the_o life_n time_n of_o the_o mother_n every_o brother_n and_o sister_n and_o the_o representative_n of_o 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