The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Or, A Commentary Upon Littleton. Not the Name of the Author Only, But of the Law Itself ... Hæc Ego Grandævus Posui Tibi, Candide Lector, Volume 1J. & W.T. Clarke, 1823 - Land tenure |
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... purchase of parcel of the land ; for it is apportionable , unless it be so entire as it cannot be severed ; and then such services as are annual are clearly extinct ; such as are not , go out of the remnant that is left , 222 , 223 . In ...
... purchase of parcel of the land ; for it is apportionable , unless it be so entire as it cannot be severed ; and then such services as are annual are clearly extinct ; such as are not , go out of the remnant that is left , 222 , 223 . In ...
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... Purchase , Jointenancy - 3 Both , Tenancy in Common strengthens the estate already establish- - 6 . Remitter 12 . Warranty 13 Intitu - ed , as · led by right . Parties other acci- dents tend- ing to The de- struction of estates 11 ...
... Purchase , Jointenancy - 3 Both , Tenancy in Common strengthens the estate already establish- - 6 . Remitter 12 . Warranty 13 Intitu - ed , as · led by right . Parties other acci- dents tend- ing to The de- struction of estates 11 ...
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... purchase of parcel of the land ; for it is apportionable , unless it be so entire as it cannot be severed ; and then such services as are amunal are clearly extinct ; such as are not , go out of the remnant that is left , 222 , 223 . In ...
... purchase of parcel of the land ; for it is apportionable , unless it be so entire as it cannot be severed ; and then such services as are amunal are clearly extinct ; such as are not , go out of the remnant that is left , 222 , 223 . In ...
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... purchase , If it be not exe- cuted , he shall bar his execution , 690 . If it be execut- ed , he shall satis- fy , 688 . Civil ; as if an abbot or bishop alien , and the alienee enfeoffeth him again with license , his succes- sor is ...
... purchase , If it be not exe- cuted , he shall bar his execution , 690 . If it be execut- ed , he shall satis- fy , 688 . Civil ; as if an abbot or bishop alien , and the alienee enfeoffeth him again with license , his succes- sor is ...
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... Purchase . Law . non compos . Lea and Ley . Nonsuit . Leases , Lessor , Lessee . Lectures . Notice . Nusance . Q. Quare Impedit . Quarentena . Quarrel . AC Where the acceptance of the services by the hands CONTAINED IN THE FOLLOWING ...
... Purchase . Law . non compos . Lea and Ley . Nonsuit . Leases , Lessor , Lessee . Lectures . Notice . Nusance . Q. Quare Impedit . Quarentena . Quarrel . AC Where the acceptance of the services by the hands CONTAINED IN THE FOLLOWING ...
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Page 6 - And this is another strong argument in law, Nihil quod est contra rationem est licitum; for reason is the life of the law, nay the common law itself is nothing else but reason, which is to be understood of an artificiall perfection of reason, gotten by long study, observation, and experience, and not of every man's naturall reason; for, nemo nascitur artifex.
Page 17 - ... or other lesser part thereof, and there openly doth declare the quantity and the certainty of the land which she shall have for her dower.
Page clxviii - If a man be baptized by the name of Thomas, and after at his confirmation by the bishop he is named John, he may purchase by the name of his confirmation. And this was the case of Sir Francis...
Page 7 - There is a great diversity between a tenant at will and a tenant at sufferance; for tenant at will is always by right, and tenant at sufferance entreth by a lawful lease, and holdeth over by wrong. A tenant at sufferance is he that at the first came in by lawful demise, and after his estate ended continueth in possession and wrongfully holdeth over.
Page 7 - ... and transferable, like, the ordinary subjects of property, to the best bidder, and, if not disposed of, was transmissible to the lord's personal representatives. Thus the custody of the infant's person, as well as the care of his estate, might devolve upon the most perfect stranger to the infant. — one prompted by every pecuniary motive to abuse the delicate and important trust of education, without any ties of blood or regard to counteract the temptations of interest, or any sufficient authority...
Page 5 - Butler was quoted as laying down that 'whenever a devise gives to the heir the same estate in quality as he would have by descent, he shall take by the latter, which is the title most favoured by the law.' The Court held that this rule did not favour the claim, since an estate by devise differed from one by descent in this very quality, that the bequest was intended for the sole and exclusive use of the devisee, and therefore shut out all rights that would otherwise arise by implication of law. JDM...
Page 27 - Thus, if the land be limited to the use of A. for life, remainder to the use of the oldest son of B.
Page xxxiv - the most perfect and absolute work that ever was written in any human science...