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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... issint oustre , & c . Et la cause est , pur ceo que apres chescun tiel done , les issuez queux veignont de le donour , et les issues queux veignont de les doneez apres le quart degree passe dambideux parties en tiel fourme destre ...
... issint il ne poet en ascun manere estre pris per lequite del dit estatute , et pur ceo il ad fee - simple , & c . CONCLUDING REMARKS . The inheritance arising from a grant or gift at common law to A. and the heirs of his body , or from ...
... issint que ne soit ascune issue en vie que poet enheriter per force de le taille , donques celuy qui survesquist de les donees est tenaunt en le taille , apres possibilite dissue extient . 33 Item , si tenementes sount donez a un home ...
... issint en mesme le manere lissue que est heire a les doneez en un especiall taille ne poet estre dit tenaunt en le taille apres possibilite dissue extient , & c . , causa qua supra , & c . * Et This tenancy occurs only in special tail ...
... issint quele passe lage de ix . ans al temps de le moriaunt son baron , ou autrement ele ne serra mye en- dowe . 37 Et nota , que per la comen ley la feme navera pur sa dower forsque la tierce partie des tenementes que furent a son ...
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 |