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Definition of Nieces
1. niece [n] - See also: niece
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nieces
Literary usage of Nieces
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 (1910)
"Susan Cunningham and Lilly Douglas are nieces of the testator, Fred Mobley is
the only son of a predeceased niece, 13 of the classes designated "children" ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: During by Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1824)
"IV. to the ultimate remainder-man, and thus the predominant wish of the testator
would be complied with, inasmuch as the nieces were the objects of his ..."
3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1891)
"The words, "all the children of my brother," though used as if to designate the
class, mean the nephews and nieces enumerated in another part of the will, ..."
4. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted, to by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"A gift to Nephews and nieces (like one to CHILDREN) includes such as are en ventre
sa mere (Re Hallett, WN (92) 148). " As regards the term 'Nephew' and ..."
5. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1892)
"The words, "all the children of my brother," though used as if to designate the
class, mean the nephews and nieces enumerated in another part of the will, ..."
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