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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... autre meindre parcell , et la overtment declara le quantite et la certeynte de sa terre quele avera pur sa dower : En ceo cas la feme , apres le mort le baron , entrera en le dit quantite de terre dount le baron luy endowa sauns autre ...
... autre dower , que est appelle Dowement de la pluis beale . Et ceo est come en tiell cas , que home seisi de quaraunt acres de terre , et il tient vint acres de les dits quaraunt acres de terre dun home per service de chivaler , et les ...
... autre pur terme de vie le lessé , ou pur terme de vie dun autre home , en tiel cas le lessé est tenaunt a terme de vie . Mes per comen perlaunce celuy qui tient pur terme de sa vie demesne est appelle tenaunt pur terme de vie , et ...
... autre en le taille , celuy qui fist le done est appelle donour , et cestuy a qui le done est fait est appelle doné ( b ) . Et le lessour est proprement lou un home lessa a un autre certeyns terres ou tenementes pur terme de vie , ou pur ...
... autre , et un lettre dattourney a un home a delyverer a luy seisin per force de mesme le fait , unquore si la liverë de seisin ne soit fait en la vie celuy qui faisoit le fait , ceo ne vault rienz , pur ceo que lautre nad pas ascun ...
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 |