[179] Wms. Exrs. 1206-7.
[180] 2 Rev. St. 450.
[181] Palmer v. Trevor, 1 Vern. 261; Toller 320.
[182] Wms. Exrs. 1213.
[183] 2 Rev. St. 65. So in California: Civil Code 1282.
[184] 1 Seld. 125.
[185] Morris v. Kent, 2 Edw. Ch. 182; Preston on Leg. 281.
[186] The word “children” includes only the immediate legitimate descendants, and not a step-child: Cromer v. Pinckney, 3 Barb. Ch. 466; Mowatt v. Carrow, 7 Paige, 339. Nor does it include grandchildren: Radcliff v. Buckley, 10 Ves. 195; 4 Watts, 82.
[187] Sherer v. Bishop, 4 Bro. C. C. 55; 2 Ves. 84.
[188] Doe v. Clark, 2 H. Bl. 399; Balm v. Balm, 3 Sim. 492.