NATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALER
\nɐθˈanjə͡l sˈa͡ʊθɡe͡ɪt ʃˈe͡ɪlə], \nɐθˈanjəl sˈaʊθɡeɪt ʃˈeɪlə], \n_ɐ_θ_ˈa_n_j_əl s_ˈaʊ_θ_ɡ_eɪ_t ʃ_ˈeɪ_l_ə]\
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An American geologist; born near Newport, Ky., Feb. 20, 1841. He was professor of geology at Harvard, and a versatile and interesting writer in many important fields. Among his works are the "Kentucky Geological Reports and Memoirs" (7 vols., 1876-82); "On the Nature of Intellectual Property and its Importance to the State" (1878); "Aspects of the Earth" (1889); "The Story of our Continent" (1892); "Nature and Man in North America" (1892); "The Interpretation of Nature" (1893); "Sea and Land" (1894); "The United States of America" (2 vols., 1894); and reports of United States Geological Survey on Marine Marshes, Fresh-Water Swamps, Soils, Harbors, etc. Died Apr. 10, 1906.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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HEREDITAMENTS
- Tilings capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal,real, personal, mixed, and including not only lands everything thereon, but alsolieir-looms, certain furniture which, by custom, may descend to the heir togetherwith (he land. Co. Litt. 5b; 2 Bl. Comm. 17; Nell is v. Munson, 108 N. Y. 453, 15 E.730; Owens Lewis, 40 Ind. 508, Am. Rep. 205; Whitlock Greacen. 4S J. Eq.350. 21 Atl. 944; Mitchell Warner, 5 Conn. 407; New York Mabie, 13 150, 04Am. Dec. 53S. Estates. Anything capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, mixed and including not only lands everything thereon, but also heir looms, certain furniture which, by custom, may descend to the heir, together with land. Co. Litt. 5 b; 1 Tho. 219; 2 Bl. Com. 17. this term such things are denoted, as subject-matter inheritance, inheritance itself; cannot therefore, its own intrinsic force, enlarge an estate, prima facie a life into fee. B. & P. 251; 8 T. R. 503; 219, note Hereditaments are divided into corporeal and incorporeal. confined to lands. (q. v.) Vide Incorporeal hereditaments, Shep. To. 91; Cruise's Dig. tit. 1, s. 1; Wood's Inst.221; 3 Kent, Com. 321; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 1 Chit. Pr. 203-229; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1595, et seq.