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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... volume is written scientifically with a view to set forth the principles of the law distinctly and clearly . ” — Law Times , Dec. 15 , 1883 . " The most able and in some respects the most original book of its kind ... His exposition of ...
... volume is written scientifically with a view to set forth the principles of the law distinctly and clearly . ” — Law Times , Dec. 15 , 1883 . " The most able and in some respects the most original book of its kind ... His exposition of ...
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... volume is the very careful examination of Bracton's indebtedness to Roman Law .... The essay is a most conscientious and successful piece of work . " - Spectator , April 24 , 1886 . " This learned little work is a great deal above the ...
... volume is the very careful examination of Bracton's indebtedness to Roman Law .... The essay is a most conscientious and successful piece of work . " - Spectator , April 24 , 1886 . " This learned little work is a great deal above the ...
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... volume made its 18s . cost prohibitory to all but a few .... Messrs Procter and Wordsworth have discharged their editorial task with much care and judgment , though the conditions under which they have been working are such as to hide ...
... volume made its 18s . cost prohibitory to all but a few .... Messrs Procter and Wordsworth have discharged their editorial task with much care and judgment , though the conditions under which they have been working are such as to hide ...
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... Volumes . Vol . I. , containing the Introduction , with Fac- similes of the MSS . , and the Commentary upon ... VOLUME II . , containing the Commentary on I Thessalonians— Philemon , Appendices and Indices . " Eine Ausgabe . für ...
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... volume of Occasional Forms of Prayer , but it had been lost sight of for 200 years . ' By the kindness of the present pos- sessor of this valuable volume , containing in all 25 distinct publications , I am enabled to re- print in the ...
... volume of Occasional Forms of Prayer , but it had been lost sight of for 200 years . ' By the kindness of the present pos- sessor of this valuable volume , containing in all 25 distinct publications , I am enabled to re- print in the ...
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