New Commentaries on the Laws of England: (Partly Founded on Blackstone).H. Butterworth, 1841 - English law |
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... Heir's Title in general 358 Of the recent Re - construction of the Ancient System of Descent 359 Of the Rules of ... Heir 392 Of Entry by the Heir 3941 Descent , and an Estate by Purchase Of the Difference of Inheritable Quality between ...
... Heir's Title in general 358 Of the recent Re - construction of the Ancient System of Descent 359 Of the Rules of ... Heir 392 Of Entry by the Heir 3941 Descent , and an Estate by Purchase Of the Difference of Inheritable Quality between ...
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... heirs male , and never to the heirs female ; " and also to show " that the lands in question are within that manor " ) is by a jury of twelve men , and not by the judges ; except the same particular custom has been before tried ...
... heirs male , and never to the heirs female ; " and also to show " that the lands in question are within that manor " ) is by a jury of twelve men , and not by the judges ; except the same particular custom has been before tried ...
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... heirs general ; which grant was the next year con- firmed by act of parliament , with a restraint of the power of ... heir general by a female branch . In the mean- time , though the title of king had long been disused , the Earls of ...
... heirs general ; which grant was the next year con- firmed by act of parliament , with a restraint of the power of ... heir general by a female branch . In the mean- time , though the title of king had long been disused , the Earls of ...
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... heirs for ever ; and should remain , descend , be administered and governed in like manner as if he never had attained the regal dignity : and thus they de- scended to his son and grandson , Henry V. and Henry VI .; many new territories ...
... heirs for ever ; and should remain , descend , be administered and governed in like manner as if he never had attained the regal dignity : and thus they de- scended to his son and grandson , Henry V. and Henry VI .; many new territories ...
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... heirs for ever , as amply and largely , and in like manner , form and condition , separate from the crown of England and possession of the same , as the three Henries and Edward IV . or any of them , had and held the same ( q ) . ] The ...
... heirs for ever , as amply and largely , and in like manner , form and condition , separate from the crown of England and possession of the same , as the three Henries and Edward IV . or any of them , had and held the same ( q ) . ] 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.