EFFECTUS SEQUITUR CAUSAM
Categories: Property
Definition (1910 Edition)
would embrace the whole estate; but the word “effects” alone must be confined to personal estate simply, unless an intention appears to the contrary. Schouler, Wills, § 509. See Adams v. Akerlund, 168 Ill. 632, 48 N. E. 454; Ennis v. Smith, 14 How. 409, 14 L. Ed. 472.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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