Land in Fetters, Or, The History and Policy of the Laws Restraining the Alienation and Settlement of Land in England: Being the Yorke Prize Essay of the University of Cambridge for the Year 1885 |
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... Crown . The restrictions on the alienation of Heir - land became in the end practically obsolete . Community - land could not be alienated by members of the community without the consent of the community , or its lord , and such ...
... Crown . The restrictions on the alienation of Heir - land became in the end practically obsolete . Community - land could not be alienated by members of the community without the consent of the community , or its lord , and such ...
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... Crown or to the lord that the land should be in the hands of tenants , who can do their service acceptably . When this stage arrives we shall find that wills which alter the succession to land disappear . 11. 375 , a , 2. But why Aluric ...
... Crown or to the lord that the land should be in the hands of tenants , who can do their service acceptably . When this stage arrives we shall find that wills which alter the succession to land disappear . 11. 375 , a , 2. But why Aluric ...
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... Crown . These fines were in the case of alienation with license one third of the annual value of the land , in the case of alienation without license , one year's value * . The celebrated statute , Quia Emptores , forming the first part ...
... Crown . These fines were in the case of alienation with license one third of the annual value of the land , in the case of alienation without license , one year's value * . The celebrated statute , Quia Emptores , forming the first part ...
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... crown " " . For the judges held in the reign of Edward IV . , that a use of lands was not forfeited by attainder , so that in the hazards and vicissitudes of civil wars , a system of land tenure by uses which protected the land from the ...
... crown " " . For the judges held in the reign of Edward IV . , that a use of lands was not forfeited by attainder , so that in the hazards and vicissitudes of civil wars , a system of land tenure by uses which protected the land from the ...
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... Crown for a yearly revenue payable to the king was considered . This fell through owing partly to extortionate demands on the king's part , and partly to political causes . Coke is certainly wrong in putting the date as 18 Jac . I ...
... Crown for a yearly revenue payable to the king was considered . This fell through owing partly to extortionate demands on the king's part , and partly to political causes . Coke is certainly wrong in putting the date as 18 Jac . I ...
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