A34660:65
An abstract or the laws of New England as they are now establishedAn abstract or the lawes of New England as they are novv established
London: printed for F. Coules and W. Ley, 1641
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
6 If a man have more Sons than one, 1then a double portion to be assigned, and bequeathed to the eldest Son, according to the Law of Nature, unless his own demerit do deprive him of the dignity of his Birth-right.2
6 If a man have more Sonnes than one, 1then a double portion to be assigned, and bequeathed to the eldest Son, according to the Law of Nature, unlesse his own demerit do deprive him of the dignity of his Birth-right.2
7 The will of a Testator, is to be approved, or disallowed by the Court of Governors, and Assistants, or by the Court of Judges in each Town; yet not to be disallowed by the Court of Governors, unless it appear either to be counterfeit or unequal, either against the Law of God, or against the public weal, or against the due right of the Legators.
7 The will of a Testatour, is to be approved, or disallowed by the Court of Governours, and Assistants, or by the Court of Iudges in each Towne; yet not to be disallowed by the Court of Governours, unlesse it appeare either to be counterfeit or unequall, either against the Law of God, or against the publike weale, or against the due right of the Legatours.