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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... King's thegn , had willed to the bishop land held “ jure haereditariae successionis . " But his son Aki attacked the will ; " eam terram parentum successione ad suum jus reclamasset , " whereupon the bishop compromised the matter with ...
... King's thegn , had willed to the bishop land held “ jure haereditariae successionis . " But his son Aki attacked the will ; " eam terram parentum successione ad suum jus reclamasset , " whereupon the bishop compromised the matter with ...
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... king and Witan , which is substituted for that of the family ; and thence to the full power of alienation without any restrictions . An example of this last stage appears , when Wulfred grants to the church " aliquem partem meae ...
... king and Witan , which is substituted for that of the family ; and thence to the full power of alienation without any restrictions . An example of this last stage appears , when Wulfred grants to the church " aliquem partem meae ...
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... King and Witan , when it ceased to be folc - land . But there were also estates of folc - land concerning which very slight evidence exists , but which appear to have been estates for the grantee's life , reverting to the folc on his ...
... King and Witan , when it ceased to be folc - land . But there were also estates of folc - land concerning which very slight evidence exists , but which appear to have been estates for the grantee's life , reverting to the folc on his ...
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... King , as an unfettered estate , " to give or sell during my day or after my day to whomsoever it best pleases me ... King , might at certain stages of its history be parties ; if out of folc - land , the consent of the King and Witan ...
... King , as an unfettered estate , " to give or sell during my day or after my day to whomsoever it best pleases me ... King , might at certain stages of its history be parties ; if out of folc - land , the consent of the King and Witan ...
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... king and the bishop before his kinsmen1 . " It is difficult to see how this is , as Mr Lodge argues , an attempt to convert boc - land into family - land ; it is rather an attempt to enforce the provisions of the book , for the holder's ...
... king and the bishop before his kinsmen1 . " It is difficult to see how this is , as Mr Lodge argues , an attempt to convert boc - land into family - land ; it is rather an attempt to enforce the provisions of the book , for the holder's ...
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