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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... equal yardland of the geburs or villani , was to one son only , whether the oldest or youngest , for the equal holdings could have been preserved in no other way . This necessity , he argues , caused the abandonment of gavelkind , or equal ...
... equal yardland of the geburs or villani , was to one son only , whether the oldest or youngest , for the equal holdings could have been preserved in no other way . This necessity , he argues , caused the abandonment of gavelkind , or equal ...
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... equal and indivisible yardlands could only have been maintained by a rule of descent to a single successor , fixed either by the custom of the manor , or the will of the lord ' . For equal division of each yardland 1 Seebohm , V. C. 176 ...
... equal and indivisible yardlands could only have been maintained by a rule of descent to a single successor , fixed either by the custom of the manor , or the will of the lord ' . For equal division of each yardland 1 Seebohm , V. C. 176 ...
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... equal yard - land , and the same manorial holding has been in the same family for centuries . But though in many manors a custom of succession to one son , whether the eldest , or youngest , prevails , and though there are some traces ...
... equal yard - land , and the same manorial holding has been in the same family for centuries . But though in many manors a custom of succession to one son , whether the eldest , or youngest , prevails , and though there are some traces ...
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... equal division in intestacy has survived : the " yeoman of Kent with his yearly rent " is well known in English ballads , and , for prose , the Law Courts of the fourteenth century laid down that there was no villeinage in Kent , and ...
... equal division in intestacy has survived : the " yeoman of Kent with his yearly rent " is well known in English ballads , and , for prose , the Law Courts of the fourteenth century laid down that there was no villeinage in Kent , and ...
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... equal division among all the sons of the dead man , or failing sons , among the daughters , to be the law of the land where restrictions in books or the customs of manorial communities do not interfere with it . By the year 1300 primo ...
... equal division among all the sons of the dead man , or failing sons , among the daughters , to be the law of the land where restrictions in books or the customs of manorial communities do not interfere with it . By the year 1300 primo ...
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