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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... person or superior by specific services , " and as estates of folc - land were held from the state , and not from a definite person , he refuses them the name of laens1 . With regard to each of these classes , we have now to con- sider ...
... person or superior by specific services , " and as estates of folc - land were held from the state , and not from a definite person , he refuses them the name of laens1 . With regard to each of these classes , we have now to con- sider ...
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... person whom the reporter describes as " ille antiquus venenatissi- mus serpens . " 2 C. D. cccXVII . circa A.D. 880 . Quaere , whether family land could be left to the " companions , " " ge- feora . " 3 C. D. CXXXVII . A.D. 779 . 4 ...
... person whom the reporter describes as " ille antiquus venenatissi- mus serpens . " 2 C. D. cccXVII . circa A.D. 880 . Quaere , whether family land could be left to the " companions , " " ge- feora . " 3 C. D. CXXXVII . A.D. 779 . 4 ...
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... person , could probably be alienated during life to the extent of the tenant's interest . The power to alienate Book - land was determined by the terms of the book , and varied from complete power to its entire absence , though 1 § 71 ...
... person , could probably be alienated during life to the extent of the tenant's interest . The power to alienate Book - land was determined by the terms of the book , and varied from complete power to its entire absence , though 1 § 71 ...
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... persons on condition of praying for the donor , or in frankalmoign , which of course could not be alienated by their holders . In Hertfordshire certain lands " were of the alms of King Edward , and of all the Kings his forerunners ...
... persons on condition of praying for the donor , or in frankalmoign , which of course could not be alienated by their holders . In Hertfordshire certain lands " were of the alms of King Edward , and of all the Kings his forerunners ...
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... of the geburs of the Rectitudines . Thorpe , Institutes , pp . 186 , 187 . 3 Obviously the Cotsetle of the Rec- titudines . 24 LANDLORDS AND Out of the 283,242 persons enumerated in CHAPTER II The Evidence of Domesday Book 23-36.
... of the geburs of the Rectitudines . Thorpe , Institutes , pp . 186 , 187 . 3 Obviously the Cotsetle of the Rec- titudines . 24 LANDLORDS AND Out of the 283,242 persons enumerated in CHAPTER II The Evidence of Domesday Book 23-36.
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