Lyttleton, His Treatise of Tenures in French and English"The ornament of the Common Law." Lyttleton, His Treatise of Tenures, in French and English. A New Edition, Printed From the Most Ancient Copies, And Collated With the Various Readings of the Cambridge MSS. To Which Are Added The Ancient Treatise of the Olde Tenures, And the Customs of Kent. Originally published: London: S. Sweet, 1841. lv, [1], 727 pp. Hardcover. New. With index. Parallel text in Law-French and English. Written during the reign of Edward IV [1442-1483], Littleton's Tenures was much admired for its learning and style. It is concerned with the doctrines of old English Common Law regarding the tenures of real estate as well as issues related to real property. This venerable work, which Coke called "the ornament of the Common Law, and the most perfect and absolute work that ever was written in any humane science," is a considered a landmark because it renounced the principles of Roman law in favor of a set of guidelines and doctrines drawn from the Year Books, and when necessary, hypothetical cases. Sir Thomas Littleton [1402-1481] was a King's Serjeant, Judge of Assize and Justice of the Common Pleas. T.E. Tomlins [1804-1872] was a notable legal writer and antiquarian. His is best known for his Popular-Law Dictionary (1838). (He is confused sometime with his uncle, Sir Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, the prolific legal writer and editor of the later editions of Jacob's Law-Dictionary.) |
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... alien the land so given , but that it shall remain unto the issue of them to whom it was given after their death , or shall revert unto the donor or his heirs , if issue fail , so as there is no issue at all , or , if any issue be and ...
... alien and to bar the interest of his issue , as well as that of the reversioner , was effected by the methods before noticed , fine and com- mon recovery ; but these assurances which were extremely an- tiquated , very subtle , and ...
... may not alien in fee nor for terme of lyfe . And if he do , it is well lawful to him in whom the fee and the right abideth to enter . Olde Tenures , § 8 . wilfulness of the husband , some say that then the ESTATE-TAIL APRES.
... aliens in fee , ( Olde Tenures , § 8 , 19 ) , and in some other respects he is treated as a mere tenant for life ... alien , he in the reversion shal not have a writ of entrie in consimili casu . But he may enter and his entre is ...
... alien in fee . 45 E. 3 , 22. " This and that which follows is not in the first edition ( which I have ) . Co. Lytt . 28. b . Sir Ed . Coke evidently alludes to the copy of the Tenures printed at Rohan ( Rouen ) , by Pynson , which he ...
Contents
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PETIT SERJEANTY | 191 |
TENURE IN BURGAGE | 193 |
VILLENAGE | 206 |
RENTS | 242 |
PARCENERS | 277 |
PARCENERS BY CUSTOM | 297 |
JOINTTENANTS | 324 |
TENANTS IN COMMON | 342 |
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BOOK II | 117 |
FEALTY | 123 |
ESCUAGE | 126 |
KNIGHT SERVICE | 135 |
SOCAGE | 155 |
FRANKALMOIGN | 169 |
HOMAGE ANCESTREL | 178 |
GRAND SERJEANTY | 187 |
ESTATES UPON CONDITION | 367 |
DESCENTS WHICH TOLL ENTRIES | 425 |
CONTINUAL CLAIM | 444 |
RELEASES | 471 |
CONFIRMATION | 522 |
ATTORNMENT | 542 |
DISCONTINUANCE | 574 |
REMITTER | 617 |
WARRANTY | 648 |
538 in marg for and of my right read and release of my right 636 in n for origninal read original 661 in marg for issue read assets | 661 |
693 sixth line from the bottom for serront read ferront | 693 |