HEIRLOOM  , strictly so called in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, a See also:

• CHATTEL (for derivation see CATTLE)

chattel (" See also:

• LOOM

loom " meaning originally a See also:

• 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)

tool) which by immemorial usage is regarded as annexed by See also:

• INHERITANCE

inheritance to a See also:

• FAMILY

family See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate . Any owner of such heirloom may dispose of it during his See also:

• LIFE

life-See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, but he cannot bequeath it by will away from the estate . If he See also:

• DIES, CHRISTOPH ALBERT (1755-1822)

dies intestate it goes to his See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir-at-law, and if he devises the estate it goes to the devisee . At the See also:

• PRESENT

present time such heirlooms are almost unknown, and the word has acquired a secondary . and popular meaning and is applied to See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, pictures, &c., vested in trustees to hold on See also:

• TRUST

trust for the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person for the time being entitled to the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of a settled See also:

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

house . Such things are more properly called settled chattels . An heirloom in the strict sense is made by family See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom, not by See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement . A settled chattel may, under the Settled See also:

• LAND

Land See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1882, be sold under the direction of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, and the See also:

• MONEY

money arising under such See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale is See also:

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

capital money . The court will only See also:

• SANCTION (Lat. sanctia, from sancire, to decree or ordain)

sanction such a sale if it be shown that it is to the benefit of all parties concerned; and if the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article proposed to be sold is of unique or See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, it will have regard to the intention of the settlor and the wishes of the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder men (Re See also:

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

Hope, De Cello v . Hope, 1899, 2 ch . 679) .