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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... husband was possessed of at the time of marriage , and half of all the property which he may inherit or acquire : of this the wife has the use for life , and the children may claim it at her death . If they be not of age , the wife's ...
... wyf , xx . lib . in money in recompense of a silver bason , the which was somtyme her husband's Sir Philip Chetwin's ; to the said Dame Jane my best habyt , that is to in in Staffordshire , in 9 H. 8. [ The family xxxvi.
... husbands ; yet the issue that she may have by each husband may inherit as issue in tail by force of such gift ( c ) , and therefore such gifts are called general tail . Tail general . 16 Tenant in tail special is , where tenements are ...
... husband , if the first husband * die . 17 In the same manner it is , where tenements are given by one man to another , with a wife ( d ) , which is the daughter or cousin ( e ) to the donor , in frank marriage , the which gift hath an ...
... PER discent de heire male - BY descent of heir male : Redm . , Berth . , Middl . , Powel , Sm . Tottyl , 1554 , and ed . 1671 . D In what cases the husband 26 Also if tenements be CHAP . II . ] 33 LYTTLETON'S TENURES .
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 |