|
|
Definition of First estate
1. Noun. The clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain.
Generic synonyms: Estate, Estate Of The Realm, The Three Estates
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland, France, French Republic
Lexicographical Neighbors of First Estate
Literary usage of First estate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"A decree against the person having the first estate of inheritance would bind
those in remainder or reversion, although the estate might afterwards vest in ..."
2. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"... at the same time ;" so that it waits for, and only takes effect in possession
on, the natural expiration or determination of the first estate ; as, ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Goodwin, D.D. by Thomas Goodwin (1863)
"Of the first estate of men and angels by their creation. ... This first estate
I would term, upon many accounts, the estate of pure nature by creation-law ..."
4. The Commentaries, Or Reports of Edmund Plowden: ... Containing Divers Cases by Edmund Plowden (1816)
"... because it is repugnant to the first Estate. * As if a Lease is made for Life,
the Remainder for Life, and if the first Tenant for Life die, ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"Now here the question is, who had the first, estate of inheritance? Not the tenant
in tail after possibility ; for such an estate cannot merge an estate for ..."
6. The Reading of the Famous and Learned Robert Callis, Esq., Upon the Statute by Robert Callis, William John Broderip (1824)
"... the second condition and increase thereupon is utterly void : but if the first
estate be not destroyed nor confounded upon the first condition performed ..."
Other Resources:
