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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... mean all estates in land where there was a reversion or remainder over from the original grant . Mr Pollock criticizes both the use of the term laen , as applied to estates created by book , and also the proposition that estates in folc ...
... mean all estates in land where there was a reversion or remainder over from the original grant . Mr Pollock criticizes both the use of the term laen , as applied to estates created by book , and also the proposition that estates in folc ...
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... means by which an Englishman before the Conquest might raise his position in life . That it was so with the higher class of thegns we know from King Alfred's selections from Augustine ' . " It pleaseth every man , " he says , " when he ...
... means by which an Englishman before the Conquest might raise his position in life . That it was so with the higher class of thegns we know from King Alfred's selections from Augustine ' . " It pleaseth every man , " he says , " when he ...
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... means the land of the country was withdrawn from contributing to military service , and the lords of the land alienated lost the escheats wardships liveries etc. , which would have accrued from the tenancy of a lay holder but were ...
... means the land of the country was withdrawn from contributing to military service , and the lords of the land alienated lost the escheats wardships liveries etc. , which would have accrued from the tenancy of a lay holder but were ...
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... means of defeating it had not been found . They also defeated some claims on the estate at common law , as resulting in alien- ations which would prejudice the issue3 . 8 The result was that the tenant - in - tail had but slight free ...
... means of defeating it had not been found . They also defeated some claims on the estate at common law , as resulting in alien- ations which would prejudice the issue3 . 8 The result was that the tenant - in - tail had but slight free ...
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... means of transferring lands is shown by the fact that the Statute de Donis contains an express provision against them : " Et si finis super hujusmodi tenemento imposterum levetur , ipso jure sit nullus , nec habeant haeredes hujusmodi ...
... means of transferring lands is shown by the fact that the Statute de Donis contains an express provision against them : " Et si finis super hujusmodi tenemento imposterum levetur , ipso jure sit nullus , nec habeant haeredes hujusmodi ...
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