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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... avera la terre come heire al fitz et nemy le pere , unqore le pere est pluis proschein de sank ; pur ceo que est un maxime en ley , que enheritaunce poet descendre , mes nemy ascendre * . Unqore si le fitz en tiel cas morust * Pyns ...
... avera la terre come heire al uncle , et nemye come heire a son fitz , pur ceo que il veigne al terre per collaterall discent et nemy per lineall ascencion . 4 Et en tiel cas lou le fitz purchace terre en fee - simple , et devie sauns ...
... avera les tenementes per eschete . a [ En mesme le maner est , si tenementes descendont a le fitz de parte son pere , et il entra et puis mourust sans issue , cel terre descendera a les heires de parte le pere , et nemy les heires de ...
... avera terre de fee - simple per discent come heire a ascun home , si non quil soit leire de lentier sank . Qar si home ad issue deux fitz per divers ventres , et leigne purchace terres en fee - simple quil mourust sauns issue , le ...
... avera les tene- mentes , et nemy le puisne fitz , unquore le puisne fitz est heire a le pere , mes nemy a son frere : mes si leigne fitz nentra en la terre apres la mort son pere , mes morust devaunt ascun entre fait per luy , donques ...
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 |