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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... Of TITLE by GIFT , GRANT , and CONTRACT . 440 . CHAP . XXXI . Of TITLE by BANKRUPTCY . CHAP . XXXII . Of TITLE by TESTAMENT , and ADMINISTRA- TION . 471 . 489 . APPEN APPEND I X. No. I. Vetus Carta FEOFFAMENTI . Page CONTENTS .
... Of TITLE by GIFT , GRANT , and CONTRACT . 440 . CHAP . XXXI . Of TITLE by BANKRUPTCY . CHAP . XXXII . Of TITLE by TESTAMENT , and ADMINISTRA- TION . 471 . 489 . APPEN APPEND I X. No. I. Vetus Carta FEOFFAMENTI . Page CONTENTS .
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... grant of the former proprietor , by descent from our ances- tors , or by the last will and testament of the dying owner ; not caring to reflect that ( accurately and strictly speaking ) there is no foundation in nature or in natural law ...
... grant of the former proprietor , by descent from our ances- tors , or by the last will and testament of the dying owner ; not caring to reflect that ( accurately and strictly speaking ) there is no foundation in nature or in natural law ...
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... grant of which , nothing paffes but a right of fish- ing : but the capital distinction is this ; that by the name of a castle , messuage , toft , croft , or the like , nothing else will pass , except what falls with the utmost propriety ...
... grant of which , nothing paffes but a right of fish- ing : but the capital distinction is this ; that by the name of a castle , messuage , toft , croft , or the like , nothing else will pass , except what falls with the utmost propriety ...
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... grant , either oral or written , which is a kind of invifible , mental transfer and being fo vefted , it lies dormant and unnoticed , till occafion calls it forth ; when it produces a visible , corporeal fruit , by entitling fome clerk ...
... grant , either oral or written , which is a kind of invifible , mental transfer and being fo vefted , it lies dormant and unnoticed , till occafion calls it forth ; when it produces a visible , corporeal fruit , by entitling fome clerk ...
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... grant them to some abbey already erected : fince , for this dotation , which really coft the patron little or nothing , he might , according to the fuperftition of the times , have maffes for ever fung for his foul . But , in process of ...
... grant them to some abbey already erected : fince , for this dotation , which really coft the patron little or nothing , he might , according to the fuperftition of the times , have maffes for ever fung for his foul . But , in process of ...
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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