Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Booksat the Clarendon Press, MDCCLXXV. Printed for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell, and Daniel Prince, 1775 |
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... entitled to tell the reft of the world which of them should enjoy it after him . These inquiries , it must be owned , would be ufelefs and even troublesome in common life . It is well if the mass of man- kind will obey the laws when ...
... entitled to tell the reft of the world which of them should enjoy it after him . These inquiries , it must be owned , would be ufelefs and even troublesome in common life . It is well if the mass of man- kind will obey the laws when ...
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... entitled to it's produce ; and yet any private individual might gain the fole property of the fruit , which he had gathered for his own repaft . A doctrine well illuftrated by Cicero , who compares the world to a great theatre , which ...
... entitled to it's produce ; and yet any private individual might gain the fole property of the fruit , which he had gathered for his own repaft . A doctrine well illuftrated by Cicero , who compares the world to a great theatre , which ...
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... entitled to direct the fucceffion of his property after his own decease . Whereas the law of na- ture fuggefts , that on the death of the poffeffor the estate should again become common , and be open to the next occupant , unless ...
... entitled to direct the fucceffion of his property after his own decease . Whereas the law of na- ture fuggefts , that on the death of the poffeffor the estate should again become common , and be open to the next occupant , unless ...
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... entitled thereto . This enclosure , when justifiable , is called in law " ap- " proving ; " an antient expreffion fignifying the fame as " improving . " The lord hath the fole intereft in the foil ; but the interest of the lord and ...
... entitled thereto . This enclosure , when justifiable , is called in law " ap- " proving ; " an antient expreffion fignifying the fame as " improving . " The lord hath the fole intereft in the foil ; but the interest of the lord and ...
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... entitled to the lord's protection , in return for his own fealty and fervice ; therefore the lord could no more transfer his seignory or protection without consent of his va- fal , than the vafal could his feud without consent of his ...
... entitled to the lord's protection , in return for his own fealty and fervice ; therefore the lord could no more transfer his seignory or protection without consent of his va- fal , than the vafal could his feud without consent of his ...
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abfolute adminiſtrator affigns aforefaid againſt alfo alienation alſo anceſtors antient bankrupt becauſe blood cafe caſe chattels common law confent confequence confideration conveyance copyhold courſe court creditors cuſtom debts deceaſed deed defcended deſcent deviſe dower Edward Coke efcheat eftate emblements eſtabliſhed eſtate executor faid fame fecond fee-fimple feems feifin feodal feoffment fervice feud fhall fince firft firſt focage fome forfeiture fpecies freehold ftatute ftill fuch fufficient grant hath heirs hereditaments himſelf houſe huſband Ibid iffue Inft inheritance intereft itſelf John Stiles joint-tenants king lands laſt leaſe Litt lord manor moſt muft muſt neceffary obferved otherwiſe perfon poffeffion poffibility preſcription preſent purchaſe purpoſe reaſon remainder rent reſpect reverfion ſaid ſame ſeems ſeiſed ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſome ſpecial ſpecies ſtill ſubject ſuch tail teftament tenant tenements tenure thefe themſelves theſe thoſe ufual unleſs uſe uſually vefted veſted villein villenage wife