Coming to an intestate in any other way than by gift, devise, or descent from a parent or the ancestor of a parent In re Miller’s Will, 2 Lea (Tenn.) 54. Acquired rights. Those which a man does not naturally enjoy, but which are owing to his own procurement, as sovereignty, or the right of commanding, or the right of property. Borden v. State, 11 Ark. 519, 527, 44 Am. Dec. 217.
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