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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Page 67
... 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 84
... husband's tenements , and not of the third part only , as at the common law and that , in others , a man might difpofe of his tenements by will , which , in general , was not permitted after the conqueft till the reign of Henry the ...
... husband's tenements , and not of the third part only , as at the common law and that , in others , a man might difpofe of his tenements by will , which , in general , was not permitted after the conqueft till the reign of Henry the ...
Page 93
... husband for damages in thus purloining his property w . For the children of vil- leins were alfo in the fame state of bondage with their pa- .Litt . § . 181 . Ibid . § . 172 . q Ille qui tenet in villenagio facier quicquid ei praeceptum ...
... husband for damages in thus purloining his property w . For the children of vil- leins were alfo in the fame state of bondage with their pa- .Litt . § . 181 . Ibid . § . 172 . q Ille qui tenet in villenagio facier quicquid ei praeceptum ...
Page 114
... husband may have by another wife : and therefore it is called special tail . And here we may ob- ferve , 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 special tail . And here we may ob- ferve , 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 116
... husband of a female tenant in tail may be tenant by the curtesy of the estate - tail . 4. That an eftate - 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 estate - tail . 4. That an eftate - tail may be barred , or deftroyed , by a fine , by a common reco- very , or by lineal warranty descending with affets to the heir ...
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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