An Introduction to the History of the Law of Real Property: With Original Authorities |
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... condition of their rendering service when called upon in the defence of the frontiers . Probably the conception of the tenure under which such soldiers held their lands was borrowed to some extent from the attributes of the interest in ...
... condition of their rendering service when called upon in the defence of the frontiers . Probably the conception of the tenure under which such soldiers held their lands was borrowed to some extent from the attributes of the interest in ...
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... condition of rendering military service . If the condition is broken the land is forfeited to the donor . Thus arises the conception that from the gift new rights and duties flow , a tenure or relation of lord and tenant is created ...
... condition of rendering military service . If the condition is broken the land is forfeited to the donor . Thus arises the conception that from the gift new rights and duties flow , a tenure or relation of lord and tenant is created ...
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... conditions were that the old free proprietor should become the ' man ' of the conqueror , and should be bound to military ... condition of rendering military or other service . Such is in outline the probable account of the origin of the ...
... conditions were that the old free proprietor should become the ' man ' of the conqueror , and should be bound to military ... condition of rendering military or other service . Such is in outline the probable account of the origin of the ...
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... condition of persons owing suit or attendance at the court of some great man . Thus the soche- manni are probably the free suitors or attendants ( secta , sequor ) of the lord's court , who came in process of time to be regarded as ...
... condition of persons owing suit or attendance at the court of some great man . Thus the soche- manni are probably the free suitors or attendants ( secta , sequor ) of the lord's court , who came in process of time to be regarded as ...
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... condition of tenants ; but they retained to a great extent , and in some localities almost entirely , their ancient customs . The chief characteristics of socage tenure were , ( 1 ) on the death of tenant in socage the land , if ...
... condition of tenants ; but they retained to a great extent , and in some localities almost entirely , their ancient customs . The chief characteristics of socage tenure were , ( 1 ) on the death of tenant in socage the land , if ...
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aetatem alienation autem Blackstone Bracton called Chap charter class of rights common law conveyance conveyed copyhold court created curia Curia Regis custodia custom death deed descend devise domini regis dower Edward ejus enjoyment escheat estate in fee estate tail facere fee simple feodo feoffee feoffment folkland freehold fuerit gift grant habuerit haeredem haeredes haeredibus haeres heirs held Henry VIII hereditaments homagium hujusmodi husband illa inde inheritance interest in lands issue king knight-service lease leasehold lessee liberum Littleton livery of seisin lord Magna Carta manor marriage mode nisi pasture person possession poterit potest provisions purchaser quae quam quia quis quod Real Property remainder rent rights of common Roman law rule Sect secundum seised seisin servitium sine sive socage Statute Stubbs suam suum tali tamen tenements tenementum tenure terra thegn tunc vero vested Vict villein wardship wife writ writ of right
Popular passages
Page 338 - That no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in manner hereinafter mentioned ; (that is to say), it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction ; and 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...
Page 351 - That no will or codicil, or any part thereof, shall be revoked otherwise than as aforesaid, or by another will or codicil executed in manner hereinbefore required, or by some writing declaring an intention to revoke the same, and executed in the manner in which a will is hereinbefore required to be executed, or by the burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the same by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same.
Page 351 - And be it further enacted, that every will made by a man or woman shall be revoked by his or her marriage (except a will made in exercise of a power of appointment, when the real or personal estate thereby appointed would not in default of such appointment pass to his or her heir...
Page 307 - And therefore on a feoffment to A and his heirs, to the use of B and his heirs...
Page 176 - Corporations sole consist of one person only and his successors, in some particular station, who are incorporated by law, in order to give them some legal capacities and advantages, particularly that of perpetuity, which in their natural persons they could not have had.
Page 344 - Every will shall be construed with reference to the real and personal estate comprised in it to speak and take effect as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention appears by the will.
Page 312 - ... the first day of May, which shall be in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred...
Page 350 - ... shall extend to manors, advowsons, messuages, lands, tithes, rents, and hereditaments, whether freehold, customary freehold, tenant right, customary or copyhold, or of any other tenure, and whether corporeal, incorporeal, or personal, and to any undivided share thereof, and to any estate, right, or interest (other than a chattel interest) therein; and the words "personal estate...
Page 113 - It shall not be lawful from henceforth to any to give his lands to any religious house, and to take the same land again to hold of the same house. Nor shall it be lawful to any house of religion to take the lands of any, and to lease the...
Page 200 - ... all pleas which shall be pleaded in his court whatsoever, before any of his justices whatsoever, or in his other places, or before any of his other ministers whatsoever, or in the courts and places of any other lords whatsoever within the realm, shall be pleaded, showed, defended, answered, debated, and judged in the English tongue, and that they be entered and inrolled in Latin...