 | William Blackstone - Law - 1791 - 566 pages
...downwards. Cujus eftfolum, ejut eft ufque ad cocliim, is the maxim of the law, upwards ; therefore no man may erect any building, or the like, to overhang...of the earth, but every thing under it, or over it. And therefore if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other foflils,... | |
 | Law - 1791 - 568 pages
...between the furfacc of any land, and the centre of the er.rth, belongs to the owner of the furface : fo that the word land .includes not only the face of the earth, but every thing under it, or over it. TENEMENT is a word of dill greater extent; and Co.LiM»,2«. though, in its vulgar acceptation, it... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 700 pages
...erecT: any building, or the like, to overhang another's land : and, downwards, whatever is in a diredt line, between the furface of any land and the center...of the earth, but every thing under it, or over it. And therefore if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other follils,... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 676 pages
...and, downwards, whatever is in a direct line, between the furface of any land and the center of die earth, belongs to the owner of the furface ; as is...of the earth, but every thing under it, or over it. And therefore if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other foflils,... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1800 - 680 pages
...furface of any land and the center of the earthy belongs to the owner of the furface ; as is every dayts experience in the mining countries. So that the word...of the earth, but every thing under it, or over it. And therefore if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other foffils,... | |
 | William Woodfall - Landlord and tenant - 1802 - 736 pages
...only ; for land comprehends, in its legal fignification, any ground, foil, or earth whatfoever : fo the word " land" includes, not only the face of the earth, but every thing under it, or over it ; and therefore, if a man grant all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other foffils,... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 698 pages
...between the surface of any land and the centre of the earth, belongs to the owner of the surface ; as is every day's experience in the mining countries....of the earth, but every thing under it, or over it. And therefore, if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other fossils,... | |
 | Massachusetts, William Charles White - Law - 1810 - 208 pages
...between the surface of any land, and the centre of the earth, belongs to the owner of the surface, as is every day's experience in the mining countries...only the face of the earth, but every thing under it and over it : and, therefore, if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal,... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1817 - 612 pages
...between the surface of any land, and the centre of the earth, belongs to the owner of the surface. So that the word land includes not only the face of the earth, but every thing under it or over it." By this description it seems to be implied that the possessor of a freehold is considered as having... | |
 | William Woodfall - Landlord and tenant - 1822 - 722 pages
...only ; for land comprehends, in its legal signification, any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever; so the word " land" includes, not only the face of the earth, but every thing under it, or over itj and therefore, if a man grant all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other... | |
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land" includes not only the face of the earth, but every thing under it, or over it. 
