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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... deins mesme le- statute furent fee - simple condicionell a le comen ley , sicome appiert per le rehersail de mesme lestatute . Et ore per cel estatute , tenaunt en le taille est en deux maners , cest as- savoir , tenaunt en le taille ...
... deins age en- dowa sa feme al huys [ del monasterie out ] del esglise , et devia , et la feme entra , en ceo cas leire le baron luy poet ouster . this word not , but erroneously . Tottyl 1581 , J. Yetswiert 1597 , Sta- tioners ...
... deins age endowa sa feme ex assensu patris , le pere adonques esteant de pleyn age . ans ; 48 Auxi il y ad une autre dower , que est appelle Dowement de la pluis beale . Et ceo est come en tiell cas , que home seisi de quaraunt acres de ...
... deins mesme le feoffement en toutz les autres villes deins mesme le countee . Mes si home fist un fait de feoffement de terres ou tenementes en divers countees , la il covient daver en chescun countee un liverë de seisin . 62 Et en ...
... deins un countee , et lun graunta sa terre a lautre en eschaunge pur la terre que lautre ad , et en mesme le manere , lautre graunta sa terre a le premier grantour en eschaunge pur la terre que le premier grantour ad ; en ceo cas ...
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 |