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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... owner of which depended not on custom , but on the terms of the Book , or written instrument by which it was conferred . Customary Estates again were divided into three classes : - 1. Heir - land , or Family Land ; Yrfe - land , or ...
... owner of which depended not on custom , but on the terms of the Book , or written instrument by which it was conferred . Customary Estates again were divided into three classes : - 1. Heir - land , or Family Land ; Yrfe - land , or ...
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... owners , one in which the land was owned by village communities or Marks . The Manor , or form of community where there is but one owner whose land is tilled under customary rules by free and serf tenants , is treated as a later ...
... owners , one in which the land was owned by village communities or Marks . The Manor , or form of community where there is but one owner whose land is tilled under customary rules by free and serf tenants , is treated as a later ...
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... owners who have advanced beyond the stage of land community , retaining many vestiges of that organization ; or a body of tenants of a lord who regulates them , or allows them to regulate themselves , on principles derived from the same ...
... owners who have advanced beyond the stage of land community , retaining many vestiges of that organization ; or a body of tenants of a lord who regulates them , or allows them to regulate themselves , on principles derived from the same ...
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... owner , not made in writing , and would comprise the lands of a manor , both those held by libere tenentes , and those held by geburs or villani . Mr Lodge appears to sacrifice his authorities to logical classifi- cation when he speaks ...
... owner , not made in writing , and would comprise the lands of a manor , both those held by libere tenentes , and those held by geburs or villani . Mr Lodge appears to sacrifice his authorities to logical classifi- cation when he speaks ...
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... owner , to whose power of fixing the succession by book there seem to have been no limits . In the first instance the order of succession is fixed by customary law , and no power of modifying it by will exists . Wills are introduced by ...
... owner , to whose power of fixing the succession by book there seem to have been no limits . In the first instance the order of succession is fixed by customary law , and no power of modifying it by will exists . Wills are introduced by ...
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