New Commentaries on the Laws of England: (Partly Founded on Blackstone).H. Butterworth, 1841 - English law |
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... Alienation in Mortmain 421 Of Gifts to Charitable Uses 428 Of Wrongful Alienation by particular Tenants Of Wrongful Disclaimer 429 431 CHAP . XV . OF TITLE BY ALIENATION IN GENERAL . Of the Ancient State of Law as to Power of Alienation ...
... Alienation in Mortmain 421 Of Gifts to Charitable Uses 428 Of Wrongful Alienation by particular Tenants Of Wrongful Disclaimer 429 431 CHAP . XV . OF TITLE BY ALIENATION IN GENERAL . Of the Ancient State of Law as to Power of Alienation ...
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... alienation by the said earl and his issue male . On the death of James , Earl of Derby , A.D. 1735 , the male line of Earl William failing , the Duke of Atholl succeeded to the island as heir general by a female branch . In the mean ...
... alienation by the said earl and his issue male . On the death of James , Earl of Derby , A.D. 1735 , the male line of Earl William failing , the Duke of Atholl succeeded to the island as heir general by a female branch . In the mean ...
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... does is to oblige the ( n ) C. 29 . ( 0 ) 5 Edw . III . c . 9. 25 Edw . III . st . 5. c . 4. 28 Edw . III . c . 3 . ( p ) Vide sup . p . 134 . [ owner to alienate his possession for a reasonable price 154 BOOK II . - OF RIGHTS OF PROPERTY .
... does is to oblige the ( n ) C. 29 . ( 0 ) 5 Edw . III . c . 9. 25 Edw . III . st . 5. c . 4. 28 Edw . III . c . 3 . ( p ) Vide sup . p . 134 . [ owner to alienate his possession for a reasonable price 154 BOOK II . - OF RIGHTS OF PROPERTY .
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(Partly Founded on Blackstone). Henry John Stephen. [ owner to alienate his possession for a reasonable price ; and even this is an exertion of power which the legisla- ture indulges with caution , and which nothing but the legislature ...
(Partly Founded on Blackstone). Henry John Stephen. [ owner to alienate his possession for a reasonable price ; and even this is an exertion of power which the legisla- ture indulges with caution , and which nothing but the legislature ...
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... alienation , being a sum of money paid to the lord by the tenant whenever he had occasion to make over his land to ano- ther . This depended on the nature of the feudal connec- tion ; [ for , the reason of conferring the feud being the ...
... alienation , being a sum of money paid to the lord by the tenant whenever he had occasion to make over his land to ano- ther . This depended on the nature of the feudal connec- tion ; [ for , the reason of conferring the feud being the ...
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act of parliament alienation ancient attainder Blackstone called cestui chattel collateral common law considered contingent convey conveyance coparcenary copyhold courts courts of equity crown custom death deed descent devise dower effect eldest emblements England entitled equity escheat estate tail executed father Fearne fee simple fee tail female feoffee feoffment feud feudal forfeiture freehold gavelkind Gilb grant grantor half blood Harg hath heirs held Hist hold husband Ibid Inst interest issue John Stiles joint-tenants king knight-service land lease legal estate limited lineal ancestor Litt livery Lord Coke male mortmain nature owner parliament particular estate party paternal person possession principle purchaser Quia emptores reason remainder respect reversion rule Sand Sect seised seisin serjeanty socage statute Sugd tenant in tail tenements tenure term tion trust vested Vict Vide sup villein villenage wife words
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Page 146 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 125 - Municipal law, thus understood, is properly defined to be a 'rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong.
Page 560 - Bequest shall not lapse, but shall take effect as if the Death of such Person had happened immediately after the Death of the Testator, unless a contrary Intention shall appear by the Will.
Page 554 - ... such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation shall be necessary.
Page 100 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 308 - It is a rule in law, when the ancestor by any gift or conveyance takes an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited either mediately or immediately to his heirs in fee or in tail; that always in such cases, 'the heirs' are words of limitation of the estate, and not words of purchase.
Page 563 - ... unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will by reason of such person having a prior estate tail, or of a preceding gift being, without any implication arising from such words, a limitation of an estate tail to such person or issue, or otherwise...
Page 203 - Temple speaks, a sort of people in a condition of downright servitude, used and employed in the most servile works, and belonging, both they, their children, and effects, to the lord of the soil, like the rest of the cattle or stock upon it.
Page 470 - Now this was the manner in former time in Israel, concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things ; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour : and this was a testimony in Israel.
Page 174 - ... lord paramount, or above all. Such tenants as held under the king immediately, when they granted out portions of their lands to inferior persons, became also lords with respect to those inferior persons, as they were still tenants with respect to the king, and, thus partaking of a middle nature, were called mesne, or middle, lords.