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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... tenements , which be holden of the king in chief and aliened without license , have been seized heretofore into the king's hands and holden as forfeit , the king will not hold them as forfeit in such a case , but willeth and granteth ...
... tenements , which be holden of the king in chief and aliened without license , have been seized heretofore into the king's hands and holden as forfeit , the king will not hold them as forfeit in such a case , but willeth and granteth ...
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... tenements held in feud of magnates and others have in time past most often entered into such feuds to the prejudice of the said magnates , in that the free tenants of the said magnates and others have sold their lands and tenements to ...
... tenements held in feud of magnates and others have in time past most often entered into such feuds to the prejudice of the said magnates , in that the free tenants of the said magnates and others have sold their lands and tenements to ...
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... tenement sold ; and so in that case that part of the service to be taken from the hand of the feoffor1 shall cease to ... tenements held in fee , or without any restrictions in the grant ' . And there is nothing in Glanvil which shows ...
... tenement sold ; and so in that case that part of the service to be taken from the hand of the feoffor1 shall cease to ... tenements held in fee , or without any restrictions in the grant ' . And there is nothing in Glanvil which shows ...
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... tenements are often given conditionally ; ( 1 ) as when one giveth his land to A and his wife and the heirs of their ... tenement to another in frankmarriage , which gift hath a condition annexed , though it be not expressed in the deed ...
... tenements are often given conditionally ; ( 1 ) as when one giveth his land to A and his wife and the heirs of their ... tenement to another in frankmarriage , which gift hath a condition annexed , though it be not expressed in the deed ...
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... tenements , which is plainly contrary to the form of the gift ' . Wherefore the King , ... determined that the will of the donor as plainly expressed in the charter of the gift should be observed , so that those to whom the tenement was ...
... tenements , which is plainly contrary to the form of the gift ' . Wherefore the King , ... determined that the will of the donor as plainly expressed in the charter of the gift should be observed , so that those to whom the tenement was ...
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