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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... rent by yeare , he shal holde this land in the common tayle and not in franke marriage ; for by the rent reserved , these words ( in li- berum maritagium ) bee al utterly voyd , so that the tenure shal bee intended after the tenure in ...
... rent upon such lease , he may chuse to distrain for the rent in the tenements letten , or else he may have an action of debt for the arrearages against the lessee ; but in such case it behoveth that the lessor be seised of the tenements ...
... rent . and the will of the lessor ( h ) . fore the statute de donis conditio- nalibus , no reversion remained in the grantor or donor after he had created a conditional fee ; because the grantee of such an estate was considered as ...
... rent and fealty shall be incident ; and which shall only de- scend to the heirs of his father's blood , and not to his heirs general , as a remainder limited to him by a third person would have done : for it is the old estate , which ...
... rent or more is reserved , subject to the requisites contained in the 32 Hen . 8 , c . 28 , except in two cases . 1 Eliz . c . 19 ; 13 Eliz . c . 10 ; also by statutes 14 Eliz . cc . 11 and 14 ; 18 Eliz . c . 11 ; and 43 Eliz . c . 29 ...
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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 |