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 37
... subsisting in the hands of a subject . Being therefore derived from the crown , they must arise from the king's grant ; or , in fome cafes , may be held by prescription , which , as has been frequently faid , presupposes a grant . The ...
... subsisting in the hands of a subject . Being therefore derived from the crown , they must arise from the king's grant ; or , in fome cafes , may be held by prescription , which , as has been frequently faid , presupposes a grant . The ...
Page 99
... subsisting at this day , viz . the tenure in antient demesne ; to which , as partaking of the baseness of villenage in the nature of it's fervices , and the freedom of focage in their certainty , he has therefore given a name compounded ...
... subsisting at this day , viz . the tenure in antient demesne ; to which , as partaking of the baseness of villenage in the nature of it's fervices , and the freedom of focage in their certainty , he has therefore given a name compounded ...
Page 103
... subsist for an uncertain period , during his own life , or the life of another man ; to determine at his own decease , or to remain to his defcendants after him ; or it is circumfcribed within a certain number of years , months , or ...
... subsist for an uncertain period , during his own life , or the life of another man ; to determine at his own decease , or to remain to his defcendants after him ; or it is circumfcribed within a certain number of years , months , or ...
Page 205
... subsisting near two hundred and seventy millions of kindred in the fifteenth degree , at the fame distance from the several common ances- tors as ourselves are ; befides thofe that are one or two de- scents nearer to or farther from the ...
... subsisting near two hundred and seventy millions of kindred in the fifteenth degree , at the fame distance from the several common ances- tors as ourselves are ; befides thofe that are one or two de- scents nearer to or farther from the ...
Page 261
... subsisting in contemplation of law ; and when the fucceffor is appointed , his appointment fhall have a retrofpect and relation back- wards , fe as to entitle him to all the profits from the inftant that the vacancy commenced . And , in ...
... subsisting in contemplation of law ; and when the fucceffor is appointed , his appointment fhall have a retrofpect and relation back- wards , fe as to entitle him to all the profits from the inftant that the vacancy commenced . And , in ...
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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