Assertion: bequest | /r/HasProperty | to relation
Facets:
value: next of kin,
type: OTHER
value: by expressions
type: OTHER
value: to be divided among them
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: This may happen where the bequest is to relations, next of kin, &c., to be equally divided among them; or by expressions of like import.
text: Where a bequest is to relations, &c., those persons only who are next of kin are entitled, and the statute of distributions is adopted, not only to ascertain the persons who take, but also the proportions and manner in which the property is to be divided; the will being silent upon the subject, if the next of kin of the person described be not related to him in equal degree, those most remote can only claim per stirpes, or in right of those who would have been entitled under the statute if they had been living.