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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... feoffment . This was perfected by the ceremony of corporal inveftiture , or open and notorious delivery of poffeffion in the presence of the other vafals , which perpetuated among them the aera of the new acquifition , at a time when ...
... feoffment . This was perfected by the ceremony of corporal inveftiture , or open and notorious delivery of poffeffion in the presence of the other vafals , which perpetuated among them the aera of the new acquifition , at a time when ...
Page 84
... feoffment at the age of fifteen 1 . 2. The estate does not efcheat in case of an at- tainder and execution for felony ; their maxim being , " the " father to the bough , the fon to the plough . " 3. In moft places he had a power of ...
... feoffment at the age of fifteen 1 . 2. The estate does not efcheat in case of an at- tainder and execution for felony ; their maxim being , " the " father to the bough , the fon to the plough . " 3. In moft places he had a power of ...
Page 100
... feoffment , and the reft ; but muft pafs by furrender to the lord or his steward , in the manner of common copyholds : • Gilb , hift , of exch , 16 , & 30 . tc . 66 . ul . 1. c.8 . w N. B. 13 . yet yet with this difference , that , in ...
... feoffment , and the reft ; but muft pafs by furrender to the lord or his steward , in the manner of common copyholds : • Gilb , hift , of exch , 16 , & 30 . tc . 66 . ul . 1. c.8 . w N. B. 13 . yet yet with this difference , that , in ...
Page 140
... feoffment ; the feoffee is he to whom it is made : the donor is one that giveth lands in tail ; the donee is he who re- ceiveth it : he that granteth a leafe is de- nominated the leffor ; and he to whom it is granted the leffee . ( Litt ...
... feoffment ; the feoffee is he to whom it is made : the donor is one that giveth lands in tail ; the donee is he who re- ceiveth it : he that granteth a leafe is de- nominated the leffor ; and he to whom it is granted the leffee . ( Litt ...
Page 146
... feoffment , or lease for years of the land to commence imme- diately ; any act of defertión by the leffee , as affigning his estate to another , or committing wafte , which is an act in- confiftent with fuch a tenure ' ; or , which is ...
... feoffment , or lease for years of the land to commence imme- diately ; any act of defertión by the leffee , as affigning his estate to another , or committing wafte , which is an act in- confiftent with fuch a tenure ' ; or , which is ...
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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