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... Equity of redemption , what it is . - Foreclosure , what it is.— mortgages are made . Mortgages , what clauses are introduce 2. Statute merchant and statute staple . - 3 . Estate by eligit . - V it is . Nature of these three last ...
... Equity of redemption , what it is . - Foreclosure , what it is.— mortgages are made . Mortgages , what clauses are introduce 2. Statute merchant and statute staple . - 3 . Estate by eligit . - V it is . Nature of these three last ...
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... Equity in England in a suit to which the ordinary , patron , and incumbent we parties , shall be valid ; and that no modus or exemptio shall be within the act , unless it shall be proved to hav existed one year next before the passing ...
... Equity in England in a suit to which the ordinary , patron , and incumbent we parties , shall be valid ; and that no modus or exemptio shall be within the act , unless it shall be proved to hav existed one year next before the passing ...
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... equity to have the profits and disposal of it . the doctrine The idea which was introduced by the ecclesiastics , [ 329 ] however fraudulently , afterwards continued to be often Progress of innocently , and sometimes very laudably ...
... equity to have the profits and disposal of it . the doctrine The idea which was introduced by the ecclesiastics , [ 329 ] however fraudulently , afterwards continued to be often Progress of innocently , and sometimes very laudably ...
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... equity pre- sumes that he meant it to the use of himself : unless he ex- pressly declares it to be to the use of another , and then no- thing shall be presumed contrary to his own expressions . But , if either a good or a valuable ...
... equity pre- sumes that he meant it to the use of himself : unless he ex- pressly declares it to be to the use of another , and then no- thing shall be presumed contrary to his own expressions . But , if either a good or a valuable ...
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... equity . But cestuy que use could not at common law aliene the legal interest of the lands , without the concurrence of his feoffee ; d to whom he was accounted by law to be only tenant at sufferance . 5. Uses were not liable to any of ...
... equity . But cestuy que use could not at common law aliene the legal interest of the lands , without the concurrence of his feoffee ; d to whom he was accounted by law to be only tenant at sufferance . 5. Uses were not liable to any of ...
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Page 126 - ... within twenty years next after the time at which the right to make such entry or distress, or to bring such action, shall have first accrued to some person through whom he claims...
Page 13 - Franchise and liberty are used as synonymous terms ; and their definition is (u) a royal privilege, or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject Being therefore derived from the crown, they must arise from the king's grant ; or in some cases may be held by prescription, which, as has been frequently said, presupposes a grant.
Page 39 - And therefore, on a feoffment [ 336 ] to A. and his heirs, to the use of B. and his heirs, in trust for C.
Page 273 - Hope, by any deed or deeds, writing or writings, with or without power of revocation, to be by him sealed and delivered in the presence of and attested by two or more credible witnesses, or by his last will and testament in writing, or any codicil thereto.
Page 230 - If this be all, the bond is called a single one, simplex obligatio ; but there is generally a condition added, that if the obligor does some particular act, the obligation shall be void, or else shall remain in full force : as, payment of rent ; performance of covenants in a deed...
Page 47 - A Base, or qualified fee, is such a one as has a i. Base fee*. qualification subjoined thereto, and which must be determined whenever the qualification annexed to it is at an end. As, in the case of a grant to A. and his heirs, tenants of the manor of Dale ; in this instance whenever the heirs of A.
Page 66 - a competent livelihood of freehold for the wife, of lands and tenements; to take effect, in profit or possession, presently after the death of the husband, for the life of the wife at least.
Page 1 - For water is a movable, wandering thing, and must of necessity continue common by the law of nature; so that I can only have a temporary, transient, usufructuary, property therein: wherefore, if a body of water runs out of my pond into another man's I have no right to reclaim it.
Page 107 - HE that holds lands or tenements in severalty, or is sole tenant thereof, is he that holds them in his own right only, •without any other person being joined or connected with him in point of interest, during his estate therein.
Page 54 - Yet while they subsist, they are reckoned estates for life; because, the time for which they will endure being uncertain, they may by possibility last for life, if the contingencies upon which they are to determine do not sooner happen. And moreover, in case an estate be granted to a man for his life, generally, it may also determine by his civil death: as if he enters into a monastery, whereby he is dead in law, for which reason in conveyances the grant is usually made " for the term of a man's...