: purpose of enlarging and building Churches and Chapels.-[15th July 1828.] ...... 150 cc c [No. LVI. ] 9 George IV. c. 94.-An Act for rendering valid Bonds, Covenants, and other Assurances for the resignation of Ecclesiastical Preferments, in certain specified cases.—[28th July 1828.] 150 ƒ ƒƒ PART I. CLASS III. Marriage. [No. I. ] 25 Henry VIII. c. 22.-An Act concerning the King's Succession.. 151 [No. II.] 32 Henry VIII. c. 38.-For Marriages to stand notwithstanding Precontracts. [See 26 Geo. II. c. 33. s. 13. infra.] ....... .... ...... ...... .... ......... ...... 152 [ No. III. ] 2 & 3 Edward VI. c. 23.—The Repeal of an Act made in the xxxij. Year of King Henry the Eighth, which was made, That Marriage contracted in the Face of the Church, and consummate with bodily Knowledge, to be deemed lawful, any former Contract notwithstanding 154 [No. IV. ] 15 George II. c. 30.-An Act to prevent the Marriage of Lunaticks 155 [No. V. ] 26 George II. c. 33.-An Act for the better preventing of clandestine Marriages ih. [No. VI. ] 12 George III. c. 11.-An Act for the better regulating the future Marriages of the Royal Family 162 [ No. VII. ] 44 George III. c, 77.-An Act to render valid certain Marriages solemnized in certain Churches and publick Chapels in which Banns had not usually been published before or at the time of passing an Act, made in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Second, intituled "An Act for the better preventing of Clandestine Marriages."-[14th July 1804.] ...... ib. [No. VIII. ] 48 George III. c. 127.-An Act to render valid certain Marriages solemnized in certain Churches and publick Chapels in which Banns had not usually been published before or at the time of passing an Act made in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Second, intituled "An Act for the better preventing of Clandestine Marriages."-[30th June 1808.] 164 [No. IX. ] 51 George III. c. 37.-An Act further to prevent the Marriage of Lunatics. [31st May 1811.] .... ib. No. X. ] 58 George III. c. 81.-An Act for extending to that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, certain Provisions of the Parliament of Great Britain, in relation to Executors under the Age of Twenty-one Years, and to Matrimonial Contracts.-[5th June 1818.] .... 165 [ No. XI. ] 58 George III. c. 84.-An Act to remove Doubts as to the Validity of certain Marriages had and solemnized within the British Territories in India. -[5th June 1818.] ib. ....... ...... [No. XII. ] 1 George IV. c. 101.-An Act to enable the Examination of Witnesses to be taken in India in support of Bills of Divorce on account of Adultery committed in India.-[24th July 1820.] ..... 166 [No. XIII. ] 3 George IV. c. 75.-An Act to amend certain Provisions of the Twenty-sixth of George the Second, for the better preventing of Clandestine Marriages. [22d July 1822.] .... 167 ...... ...... [No. XIV. ] 4 George IV. c. 5.-An Act to render valid certain Marriages.-[7th March 1823.] 167 f [No. XV. ] 4 George IV. c. 67.-An Act to declare valid certain Marriages that have been solemnized at St. Petersburgh since the abolition of the British Factory there.[10th July 1823.] ib. [No. XVI. ] 4 George IV. c. 76.-An Act for amending the Laws respecting the solemnization of Marriages in England.-[18th July 1823.] ... [ No. XVII. ] 4 George IV. c. 91.-An Act to relieve his Majesty's Subjects from ...... all doubt concerning the validity of certain Marriages solemnized abroad.—[18th July 1823.] ..... ..... 167 o [No. XVIII.] 5 George IV. c. 32.-An Act to amend an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled "An Act for amending the Laws respecting the solemnization of Marriages in England,”—[17th May 1824.] ib. [No. XIX. ] 5 George IV. c. 68.-An Act to repeal an Act passed in the Fiftyseventh Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled, "An Act to regulate the celebration of Marriages in Newfoundland ;" and to make further provision for the celebration of Marriages in the said Colony and its dependencies.-[17th June 1824.] 167 p [No. XX. ] 6 George IV. c. 92.-An Act to render valid Marriages solemnized in certain Churches and public Chapels in which Banus have not usually been published.-[5th July 1825.] 167 q PART I. CLASS IV. Parent and Child. .... ........ [No. 1. ] Statute of Merton, 20, Henry III., c. 9.—He is a Bastard who is born before the Marriage of his Parents 168 [No. II. ] 1 Anne, st. 1. c. 30.-An Act to oblige the Jews to maintain and provide for their Protestant Children 169 PART I. CLASS V. [No. I. ] 19 Henry VII, c, 7.-For making of Statutes by Bodies incorporate..170 [No. II. ] 13 Elizabeth, c. 29.-An Act concerning the several Incorporations of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and the Confirmation of the Charters Liberties, and Privileges granted to either of them ..... ........ 171 [No. III. ] 31 Elizabeth, c. 6.-An Act against Abuses in Election of Scholars, and Presentation to Benefices ...... 173 [No. IV. ] 13 Charles II, c. 1.-An Act for the well governing and regulating of Corporations ... .... ib. [No. V, ] 6 Anne, c. 21.-An Act for the avoiding of Doubts and Questions touching the Statutes of divers Cathedral and Collegiate Churches........ 175 [No. VI. ] 9 Anne, c. 20.-Au Act for rendering the Proceedings upon Writs of Mandamus, and luformations in the nature of a Quo Warranto, more speedy and effectual; and for the more easy trying and determining the Rights of Offices and Franchises in Corporations and Boroughs ... 176 [No. VII. ] 5 George I. c. 4.—An Act for strengthening the Protestant Interest in these Kingdoms ... 179 ..... [No. VIII. ] 5 George I. c. 6.—An Act for quieting and establishing Corporations .... ... ib. [No. IX. ] 11 George I. c. 4.—An Act for preventing the Inconveniences arising for want of Elections of Mayors, or other Chief Magistrates of Boroughs or Corporations, being made upon the Days appointed by Charter or Usage for that Purpose, and directing in what Manner such Elections shall be afterwards made .... 181 [No. X. ] 7 George III. c. 48.-An Act for regulating the Proceedings of certain Public Companies and Corporations carrying on Trade or Dealings with Joint Stocks, in respect to the declaring of Dividends; and for further regulating the Qualification of Members for voting in their respective General Courts ... 185 [No. XI. ] 12 George III. c. 21.-An Act for giving Relief in Proceedings upon Writs of Mandamus for the Admission of Freemen into Corporations; and for other purposes therein mentioned ...... 186 [ No. XII. ] 32 George III. c. 58.-An Act for the Amendment of the Law in Proceedings upon Information in Nature of Quo Warranto ...... ... 187 ........ [ No. XIII. ] 1 and 2 George IV. c. 28.-An Act for Abolishing the African Company, and transferring to and vesting in his Majesty, all the Forts, Possessions, and Property now belonging to or held by them.-[7th May 1821.] .... 189 PART II. CLASS I. Of Real Estates. [No. I.] Mag. Car. c. 7.-A Widow shall have her Marriage Inheritance and Quarantine. The King's Widow, &c. .... [ No. II. ] 20 Henry III. c. 1.-A Woman shall recover Damages in a Writ of Dower [No. III. ] 20 Hen. III. c. 2.-Widows may bequeath the Crop of their Lands ib. [No. IV. ] 52 Hen. III. c. 17.-The Authority and Duty of Guardians in Socage ib. [No. V. ] 4 Ed. I. st. 3. c. 6. By what Words in a Feoffment a Feoffer shall be bound to Warrancy [ No. VI. ] 6 Edward 1. c. 3.-An Alienation of Land by the Tenant by the Curtesy with Warranty shall be void [ No. VII. ] 6 Edward I. c. 5.-Several Tenants against whom an Action of Waste is maintainable [ No. VIII. ] 13 Edward I. st. 1. c. 1.—In Gifts in Tail the Donor's Will shall be observed. The Form of a Formedon [No. IX. ] 18 Edward I. st. 1. c. 1.-The Feoffee shall hold his Land of the Chief Lord, and not of the Feoffer [No. IX. a. ] tioned main Cap. 2.-If Part of the Land be sold, the Services shall be appor ....... 195 [ No. IX. b.] Cap. 3.-No Feoffment shall be made to assure Land in Mortib. [ No. X. ] 11 Henry VII. c. 20.-Certain Alienations made by the Wife of the Lands of her deceased Husband shall be void [No. XI. ] 21 Henry VIII. c. 4.-The Sale of Lands by Part of the Executors law ful 197 [ No. XII. ] 21 Henry VIII. c. 15.-Fermors shall enjoy their Leases against Recoveries by feigned Titles, &c. [ No. XIII. ] 32 Henry VIII. c. 33.—An Act that wrongful Disseisin is no Descent in Law .... [ No. XIV. ] 32 Henry VIII. c. 34.-Concerning Grantees of Reversions to take Advantage of the Conditions to be performed by the Lessees ................................ ib. [ No. XV. ] 12 Charles II. c. 24.-An Act for taking away the Court of Wards and Liveries, and Tenures in Capite, and by Knights-Service and Purveyance, and for settling a Revenue upon his Majesty in lieu thereof [No. XVI. ] 19 Charles II. c. 6.-An Act for Redress of Inconveniences by Want of Proof of the Deceases of Persons beyond the Seas or absenting themselves, upon whose Lives Estates do depend 209 [ No. XVII. ] 29 Charles II. c. 3.-An Act for Prevention of Frauds and Perjuries [No. XVIII.] 4 William and Mary, c. 16.-An Act to prevent Frauds by Clandestine Mortgages [ No. XIX. ] 5 William and Mary, c. 6.-An Act to prevent Disputes and Controversies concerning Royal Mines ...... ... 227 ...... [ No. XX. ] 11 and 12 William III. c. 6.-An Act to enable his Majesty's naturalborn Subjects to inherit the Estate of their Ancestors, either lineal or collateral notwithstanding their Father or Mother were Aliens .... 228 [No. XXI. ] 25 George II. c. 39.-An Act to obviate Doubts that may arise upo an Act made and passed in the eleventh and twelfth Years of the Reign of his late Majesty King William the Third, intituled, "An Act to enable his Majesty's natural-born Subjects to inherit the Estate of their Ancestors, either lineal or collateral, notwithstanding their Father or Mother were Aliens" .... 229 ......... .... [ No. XXII. ] 10 & 11 William III. c. 16.-An Act to enable Posthumous Children to take Estates as if born in their Father's lifetime 230 [ No. XXIII. ] 4 Anne, c. 16.-An Act for the amendment of the Law, and the better advancement of Justice ...... 231 [No. XXIV. ] 6 Anne, c. 18.-An Act for the more effectual Discovery of the Death of Persons pretended to be alive, to the Prejudice of those who claim Estates after their Deaths. ....... 238 SODS [No. XXV. ] 7 Anne, c. 18.—An Act to preserve the Rights of Patrons to advow240 [No. XXVI. ] 9 George I. c. 29.-An Act to enable Lords of Manors more easily to recover their Fines, and to exempt lufants and Femes Covert from Forfeitures of their Copyhold Estates in particular Cases [No. XXVII. ] 4 George II. c. 28.-An Act for the more effectual preventing Frauds committed by Tenants, and for the more easy recovery of Rents, and RENEWAL of LEASES ..... ........ .......... ib. 243 [No. XXVIII. ] 7 George II. c. 20.-An Act for the more easy Redemption and Foreclosure of Mortgages •••...... ib. [ No. XXIX. ] 39 & 40 George III. c. 98.-An Act to restrain all Trusts and Directious in Deeds or Wills whereby the Profits or Produce of Real or Personal Estate shall be accumulated, and the beneficial Enjoyment thereof postponed beyond the Time therein limited.-[28th July 1800.] [No. XXX. ] 39 & 40 George III. c. 56.—An Act for Relief of Persons entitled to Entailed Estates to be purchased with Trust Monies.-[20th June 1800.].. 246 ........ [ No. XXXI. ] 58 George III. c. 46.-An Act for Relief of Persons entitled to Entailed Estates, to be purchased with Trust Monies in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland.-[30th May 1818.] 247 [No. XXXII. ] 1 & 2 George IV. c. 93.-An Act for vesting all Estates and Property, occupied by or for the Naval Service of this Kingdom, in the principal Officers and Commissioners of his Majesty's Navy, and for granting certain Powers to the said Principal Officers aud Commissioners.-[10th July 1821.] 249 [ No. XXXIII. ] 3 George IV. c. 116.-An Act for the more convenient and effectual registering in Ireland Deeds executed in Great Britain.-[5th August 1822.] ..... 254 [ No. XXXIV. ] 7 George IV. c. 45.—An Act for repealing an Act passed in the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Years of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled "An Act for Relief of Persous entitled to Entailed Estates to be purchased with Trust Monies, and for making further Provisions in lieu thereof."-[26th May 1826.] 254 d PART II. CLASS II. Tithes. [No. I. ] 9 Edward II. st. 1. c. 5.—No Prohibition where Tithe is demanded of a new Mill 255 [No. I. a. ] 45 Edward III. c. 3.-A Prohibition shall be granted where a Suit shall be commenced in a Spiritual Court for Sylva cæduœ ib. [No. II.] 27 Henry VIII. c. 20,-For Tithes to be paid throughout this Realm 256 [No. III. ] 31 Henry VIII. c. 13.-An Act for Dissolution of Monasteries and Abbies .... 257 258 [No IV. ] 32 Henry VIII. c. 7.-For the true Payment of Tithes and Offerings [ No. V. ] ........ 37 Henry VIII. c. 12.-An Act for Tithes in London ..... 261 [ No. VI. ] 2 & 3 Edward VI. c. 13,-An Act for Payment of Tithes........ 265 [ No. VII. ] 7 & 8 William III. c. 6.—An Act for the more easy Recovery of small Tithes ...... .... 269 ......... [ No. VIII. ] 7 & 8 William III. c. 34.-An Act that the solemn Affirmation and Declaration of the People called Quakers, shall be accepted instead of an Oath in the usual Form ......... .... 272 ..... [No. IX. ] 11 & 12 William III. c. 16.-An Act for the better ascertaining the Tithes of Hemp and Flax ......... 274 [No. X. ] 1 George I. st. 2 c. 6.-An Act for making perpetual an Act of the seventh and eighth Years of the Reign of his late Majesty King William the Third, intituled "An Act that the solemu Affirmation and Declaration of the People called Quakers, shall be accepted instead of an Oath in the usual Form;" and for explaining and enforcing the said Act in relation to the Payment of Tithes and Church-rates; and for appointing the Form of an Affirmation to be taken by the said People called Quakers, instead of the Oath of Abjuration ...... ib. [ No. XI. ] 53 George III. c. 127.-An Act for the better regulation of Ecclesiastical Courts in England; and for the more easy Recovery of Church Rates and Tithes .... .... 276 [No. XII. ] I George IV. c. 40.-An Act to amend and explain an Act, passed in the Parliament of Ireland in the Thirty-ninth year of his late Majesty, to enable certain Persons to recover a just Compensation for the Tithes withheld from them in the Years Oue thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and One thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight.-[8th July 1820.] ... ib. [No. XIII.] 4 George IV. c. 99.-An Act to provide for the Establishing of Compositions for Tithes in Ireland for a limited time.—[19th July 1823.] 276 a [ No. XIV. ] 5 George IV. c. 63.-An Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for providing for the establishing of Compositions for Tithes in Ireland.-[17th June 1824.] .... 276 ƒƒ .... ........ [ No. XV. ] 7 George IV. c. 15.-An Act to amend an Act passed in the seventh and eighth Years of the Reign of King William the Third, for the more easy recovery of small Tithes.—[Ï1th April 1826.] .. ... 276 g q [ No. XVI. ] 7 & 8 George IV. c. 60.-An Act to amend the Acts for the establishing of Compositions for Tithes in Ireland.—[2nd July 1827,] ....... 276 rr PART II. CLASS III. Approvement and Inclosure of Commons. [No. I.] 20 Henry III. c. 4. (Statute of MERTON.)-In what Cases Lords may approve against their Tenants ..... 277 [ No. 11. ] 13 Edward I. st. 1. c. 46. (II. WESTMINSTER.)-Lords may approve against their Neighbours. Usurpation of Commons during the Estate of particular Tenants .... ...... .... ib. [ No. III. ] 3 & 4 Edward VI. c. 3.—An Act concerning the Improvement of Commons and waste Grounds ...... 278 [No. IV. ] 29 George II. c. 36.-An Act for inclosing by the mutual consent of the Lords and Tenants, Part of any Common for the Purpose of planting and preserving Trees fit for Timber or Underwood; and for more effectually preventing the unlawful Destruction of Trees. 280 [No. V. ] 31 George II. c. 41.-An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act passed in the twenty-ninth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, intituled |