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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... common without any , even temporary , allotment of particular portions . And in the growth of private property in the Home- stead , they find the origin of Heir - land . This property at first is that of the family ; its nature and ...
... common without any , even temporary , allotment of particular portions . And in the growth of private property in the Home- stead , they find the origin of Heir - land . This property at first is that of the family ; its nature and ...
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... common . And if this is so it is , to say the least , not improbable that these latter were dependent communities , settled on land owned by a lord . The importance of this as bearing on questions of alienation of , and succession to ...
... common . And if this is so it is , to say the least , not improbable that these latter were dependent communities , settled on land owned by a lord . The importance of this as bearing on questions of alienation of , and succession to ...
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... common socage , virtually converted them into our modern freehold estates in fee simple . Such was the law as to alienations inter vivos of tenements held in fee , or without any restrictions in the grant ' . And there is nothing in ...
... common socage , virtually converted them into our modern freehold estates in fee simple . Such was the law as to alienations inter vivos of tenements held in fee , or without any restrictions in the grant ' . And there is nothing in ...
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... common law , whereupon counsel for the heir press for proof of this : " Will you say that these tenements are in a free borough of our Lord the King , or in ancient Demesne , " ( these being the boroughs which had usually a custom to ...
... common law , whereupon counsel for the heir press for proof of this : " Will you say that these tenements are in a free borough of our Lord the King , or in ancient Demesne , " ( these being the boroughs which had usually a custom to ...
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... common law , the old equal division surviving in gavelkind lands , as in Kent and parts of Notts , Borough English or Jüngsten Recht holding its ground in Sussex and the older towns , and a variety of customs existing in different ...
... common law , the old equal division surviving in gavelkind lands , as in Kent and parts of Notts , Borough English or Jüngsten Recht holding its ground in Sussex and the older towns , and a variety of customs existing in different ...
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