# A brief summary in plain language of the most important laws concerning women

Author: Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891

Genre: Category: History - British

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77027

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## Summary

If her father or mother die _intestate_ (_i.e._, without a will) she takes an equal share with her brothers and sisters of the personal property (_i.e._, goods, chattels, moveables, leases for years of houses or land), but her eldest brother, if she have one, and his children, even daughters, will take the _real_ property (_i.e._, not personal property, but all other, as freehold houses and land, etc.), as the heir-at-law; males and their issue being preferred to females; if, however, she have sisters only, then all the sisters take the real property equally. If she be an only child, and no parent surviving, she is entitled to all the intestate real and personal property.

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-brief-summary-in-plain-language-of-the-most-important-laws-co-742366d8/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-brief-summary-in-plain-language-of-the-most-important-laws-co-742366d8/chapters/2/index.md)