Commentaries on the Laws of England, Volume 2A. Strahan, 1800 - Law |
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... 179 CHAP . XIII . Of the TITLE to THINGS REAL , in general . 195 CHA P. XIV . Of TITLE by DESCENT . CHA P. XV . 200 Of TITLE by PURCHASE ; and , first , by ESCHEAT . 241 CHAP . XVI . Of TITLE by OCCUPANCY . 258 iv CONTENT S.
... 179 CHAP . XIII . Of the TITLE to THINGS REAL , in general . 195 CHA P. XIV . Of TITLE by DESCENT . CHA P. XV . 200 Of TITLE by PURCHASE ; and , first , by ESCHEAT . 241 CHAP . XVI . Of TITLE by OCCUPANCY . 258 iv CONTENT S.
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... purchase good , to the manifeft detriment of the public ( 16 ) . For VI . DIGNITIES bear a near relation to offices . Of the nature of thefe we treated at large in the former book ' : it will therefore be here fufficient to mention them ...
... purchase good , to the manifeft detriment of the public ( 16 ) . For VI . DIGNITIES bear a near relation to offices . Of the nature of thefe we treated at large in the former book ' : it will therefore be here fufficient to mention them ...
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... purchase or redeem his land : but his Brother Henry I , by the charter before mentioned , reftored his father's law ; and ordained , that the relief to be paid fhould be according to the law fo established , and not an arbitrary ...
... purchase or redeem his land : but his Brother Henry I , by the charter before mentioned , reftored his father's law ; and ordained , that the relief to be paid fhould be according to the law fo established , and not an arbitrary ...
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... purchased either , the lord might enter upon them , ouft the villein , and seise them to his own ufe , unless he con- trived to difpofe of them again before the lord had feifed them ; for the lord had then loft his opportunity ' . In ...
... purchased either , the lord might enter upon them , ouft the villein , and seise them to his own ufe , unless he con- trived to difpofe of them again before the lord had feifed them ; for the lord had then loft his opportunity ' . In ...
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... purchased for a valuable con .. fideration for they cannot come to any man by either of thofe ways , unless accompanied with thofe feodal clogs , which were laid upon the first feudatory when it was originally grant- ed . A fubject ...
... purchased for a valuable con .. fideration for they cannot come to any man by either of thofe ways , unless accompanied with thofe feodal clogs , which were laid upon the first feudatory when it was originally grant- ed . A fubject ...
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abfolute affigned againſt alfo alienation alſo anceſtors antient bankrupt becauſe blood cafe caſe chattels common law confent confequence confideration conveyance copyhold court court of equity creditors cuſtom debt deed defcend devife deviſed dower Edward Coke efcheat eftate Eliz emblements eſtabliſhed eſtate expreffed faid fame fecond fee-fimple feems feifed feifin feodal feoffment fervices feud feveral fhall fhould fince firft firſt focage fome forfeiture fpecies freehold ftatute ftill fubfequent fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed furrender grant hath heirs hereditaments himſelf houſe huſband Ibid iffue Inft inheritance intereft itſelf joint-tenants king laft lands leafe leffee Litt livery lord manor moſt muſt neceffary obferved perfon poffeffion poffibility prefent purchaſe purpoſe reaſon refpect remainder rent reverfion ſeems ſhall ſpecial ſtill ſuch tenant in tail tenements tenure thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tithes ufually unleſs uſe uſually vefted veſted villein villenage void wife
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Page 6 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 6 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 36 - Offices, which are a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging, are also incorporeal hereditaments, whether public, as those of magistrates, or private, as of bailiffs, receivers, and the like.
Page 181 - But, while it continues, each of two joint-tenants has a concurrent interest in the whole; and therefore, on the death of his companion, the sole interest in the whole remains to the survivor.
Page 18 - land " includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under it or over it.
Page 512 - ... the next of kindred in equal degree and their representatives : if no widow, the whole shall go to the children : if neither widow nor children, the whole shall be distributed...
Page 487 - Glanvil informs us that by the common law, as it stood in the reign of Henry the Second, a man's goods were to be divided into three equal parts: of which one went to his heirs or lineal descendants, another to his wife, and the third was at his own disposal: or if he died without a wife, he might then dispose of one moiety, and the other went to his children ; and so e converso, if he had no children...
Page 334 - 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; or repayment of a principal sum of money borrowed of the obligee, with interest, which principal sum is usually one half of the penal sum specified in the bond.
Page 497 - An executor is he to whom another man commits by will the execution of that his last will and testament. And all persons are capable of being executors, that are capable of making wills, and many others besides ; as feme-coverts and infants : nay, even infants unborn, or in venire sa mere, may be made executors.
Page 129 - But if there be a donee in special tail who holds lands to him and the heirs of his body begotten on Jane his wife : though Jane may be endowed of these lands, yet if Jane dies, and he marries a second wife, that second wife shall never be endowed of the lands entailed; for no issue that she could have, could by any possibility inherit them.