Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 2A. Strahan, law-printer to the king, 1809 - Law |
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Page 65
... husband might perform the fervice . The lord therefore had no wardship , if at the death of the ancestor the heir - male was of the full age of twenty - one , or the heir - female of fourteen : yet , if she was then under fourteen , and ...
... husband might perform the fervice . The lord therefore had no wardship , if at the death of the ancestor the heir - male was of the full age of twenty - one , or the heir - female of fourteen : yet , if she was then under fourteen , and ...
Page 93
... husband for damages in thus purloining his property . For the children of vil- leins were also in the fame state of bondage with their pa- rents ; whence they were called in Latin , nativi , which gave rise to the female appellation of ...
... husband for damages in thus purloining his property . For the children of vil- leins were also in the fame state of bondage with their pa- rents ; whence they were called in Latin , nativi , which gave rise to the female appellation of ...
Page 111
... husband may have by another wife : and therefore it is called fpecial tail . And here we may obferve , that the words of inheritance ( to him and his heirs ) give him an estate in , fee : but they being heirs to be by him begotten ...
... husband may have by another wife : and therefore it is called fpecial tail . And here we may obferve , that the words of inheritance ( to him and his heirs ) give him an estate in , fee : but they being heirs to be by him begotten ...
Page 113
... husband of a female tenant in tail may be tenant by the curtesy of the eftate - tail . 4. That an estate - tail may be barred , or deftroyed by a fine , by a common reco- very , or by lineal warranty descending with affets to the heir ...
... husband of a female tenant in tail may be tenant by the curtesy of the eftate - tail . 4. That an estate - tail may be barred , or deftroyed by a fine , by a common reco- very , or by lineal warranty descending with affets to the heir ...
Page 121
... husband fows the land , and after wards they are divorced , a vinculo matrimonii , the husband fhall have the emblements in this cafe ; for the fentence of divorce is the act of law . But if an eftate for life be de- termined by the ...
... husband fows the land , and after wards they are divorced , a vinculo matrimonii , the husband fhall have the emblements in this cafe ; for the fentence of divorce is the act of law . But if an eftate for life be de- termined by the ...
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abfolute act of bankruptcy adminiſtrator affignment againſt alfo alienation alſo anceſtors antient bankrupt becauſe blood cafe caſe chattels commiffion common law confent confequence confideration conveyance copyhold court court of equity creditors cuſtom debts deceaſed deed defcend devife Edward Coke eftate emblements eſtabliſhed eſtate executor expreffed faid fale fame fecond fecurity fee-fimple feems feifed feifin feodal feoffment fervice feud fhall fhould fince firft firſt focage fome forfeiture fpecies freehold ftatute ftill fubject fuch fufficient grant hath heirs hereditaments himſelf houſe huſband Ibid iffue Inft inheritance intereft itſelf John Stiles joint-tenants king laft lands leafe Litt lord manor moſt muft muſt neceffary obferved otherwife perfon poffeffion prefent preſcription purchaſe purpoſe reaſon referved refpect remainder rent reverfion ſhall ſpecial ſuch tail teftament tenant tenements tenure thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe ufually unleſs uſe vefted veſted villein villenage void wife