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.) |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 78
... celuy qui survesquist est tenaunt en le taille apres possibilite dissue extient . Et sils avoient issue , et lun devie , coment que durant la vie lissue , celuy qui survesquist ne sera dit tenaunt en le taille apres pos- sibilite dissue ...
... celuy qui fist le feoffement est appelle feoffour , et celuy a qui le feoffement est fait , est appelle le feoffé . Et le donour est proprement lou un home done certeyn terres ou tenementes a un autre en le taille , celuy qui fist le ...
... celuy en fee - taille ad franktenement , & c . CONCLUDING REMARKS . THIS estate at common law should be created by livery ; and the term ' let ' or ' lease ' implies this accompanying so- lemnity or its equivalents , or some conveyance ...
... celuy qui faisoit le fait , ceo ne vault rienz , pur ceo que lautre nad pas ascun droit daver les tene- mentes solonques le [ purport * ] du fait , devaunt le liverë de seisin . Et si nul liverë soit fait , donques apres la mort celuy ...
... celuy en la revercion avera les blees , pur ceo que le termour bien conust le certeynte de son terme et quant son terme serroit fynye . " * Lettou & M. , Machl . , and Roh . , read apres - after , which , in a copy of the Rohan edition ...
Contents
xxvii | |
xxx | |
1 | |
23 | |
40 | |
44 | |
51 | |
65 | |
PETIT SERJEANTY | 191 |
TENURE IN BURGAGE | 193 |
VILLENAGE | 206 |
RENTS | 242 |
PARCENERS | 277 |
PARCENERS BY CUSTOM | 297 |
JOINTTENANTS | 324 |
TENANTS IN COMMON | 342 |
69 | |
87 | |
95 | |
102 | |
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 |