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Definition of Seniorities
1. seniority [n] - See also: seniority
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seniorities
Literary usage of Seniorities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Precedents and Forms in Conveyancing by Charles Davidson (1880)
"01' seniorities in tail male ; with remainder To THE USE of 6. — remainder TI /-(
m f- ir &• — remainder the first and every other son of the said FC ..."
2. Common Precedents in Conveyancing: Adapted to the Conveyancing Acts, 1881 by Hugh McNab Humphry (1882)
"... And from and after his decease To THE USE of the first and every other son of
the said H. successively according to their respective seniorities in tail ..."
3. Martin's Practice of Conveyancing: With Forms of Assurances by Charles Davidson (1844)
"... according to their respective seniorities, in tail, WITH REMAINDER to the use of
... respective sively in taili J _ person succes- seniorities, in tail, ..."
4. Copyhold and Court-keeping Practice: With Nearly Two Hundred Precedents, and by Rolla Rouse (1837)
"&c respective seniorities, in tail male; and for default of such issue, to the
use of my son [second son] for his natural life, without impeachment of waste ..."
5. A Treatise Upon Wills and Codicils: With an Appendix of the Statutes, and a by William Roberts (1809)
"... to the use of the first and other sons of my said daughter AB successively,
according to their respective seniorities, in tail male, and for default of ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1870)
"... severally and respectively, according to their respective seniorities: And,
for default of such issue male as aforesaid, I devise the same to the use of ..."
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