New Commentaries on the Laws of England: (Partly Founded on Blackstone).H. Butterworth, 1841 - English law |
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... hold equally strong or still stronger with regard to the nobility of this realm , except only in the article of serving upon juries . But , instead of this , they have several peculiar provinces of far greater consequence and concern ...
... hold equally strong or still stronger with regard to the nobility of this realm , except only in the article of serving upon juries . But , instead of this , they have several peculiar provinces of far greater consequence and concern ...
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... hold of the said ma- nors . Such , lastly , are many particular customs within the city of London , with regard to trade , apprentices , widows , orphans , and a variety of other matters . All these are con- trary to the general law of ...
... hold of the said ma- nors . Such , lastly , are many particular customs within the city of London , with regard to trade , apprentices , widows , orphans , and a variety of other matters . All these are con- trary to the general law of ...
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... hold that divided empire with the more antient or common law which it still retains . In the courts of equity is now administered a very large proportion of the whole forensic business of the country , ( that is , in matters of property ...
... hold that divided empire with the more antient or common law which it still retains . In the courts of equity is now administered a very large proportion of the whole forensic business of the country , ( that is , in matters of property ...
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... hold a parliament , then the same shall be summoned and held ; and therein the said acts so certified , and no other , shall be proposed , received , or rejected ( o ) . But as this precluded any law from being proposed , but such as ...
... hold a parliament , then the same shall be summoned and held ; and therein the said acts so certified , and no other , shall be proposed , received , or rejected ( o ) . But as this precluded any law from being proposed , but such as ...
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... hold markets , and others which have not that franchise . And , lastly , towns are divided into cities , boroughs , and common towns . The cities of this kingdom are certain towns of principal note and importance , all of which either ...
... hold markets , and others which have not that franchise . And , lastly , towns are divided into cities , boroughs , and common towns . The cities of this kingdom are certain towns of principal note and importance , all of which either ...
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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
Popular passages
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.