Commentaries On The Laws Of England, Volume 2Clarendon Press, 1770 - 520 pages |
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Page 78
... copyhold , were reduced to one general fpecies of tenure , then well known and fubfifting , called free and common focage . And this , being sprung from the fame feodal original as the rest , demonftrates the neceffity of fully ...
... copyhold , were reduced to one general fpecies of tenure , then well known and fubfifting , called free and common focage . And this , being sprung from the fame feodal original as the rest , demonftrates the neceffity of fully ...
Page 90
... copyhold tenures , or tenure by copy of court roll at the will of the lord : in order to obtain a clear idea of which , it will be previously neceffary to take a fhort view of the original and na- ture of manors . MANORS are in ...
... copyhold tenures , or tenure by copy of court roll at the will of the lord : in order to obtain a clear idea of which , it will be previously neceffary to take a fhort view of the original and na- ture of manors . MANORS are in ...
Page 95
... copyhold . THUS Copyhold tenures , as fir Edward Coke obferves , although very meanly defcended , yet come of an antient house ; for , from what has been premised it appears , that copyholders are in truth no other but villeins , who ...
... copyhold . THUS Copyhold tenures , as fir Edward Coke obferves , although very meanly defcended , yet come of an antient house ; for , from what has been premised it appears , that copyholders are in truth no other but villeins , who ...
Page 97
... copyhold can , strictly speaking , be granted at this day , IN fome manors , where the custom hath been to permit the heir to fucceed the ancestor in his tenure , the eftates are ftiled copyholds of inheritance ; in others , where the ...
... copyhold can , strictly speaking , be granted at this day , IN fome manors , where the custom hath been to permit the heir to fucceed the ancestor in his tenure , the eftates are ftiled copyholds of inheritance ; in others , where the ...
Page 98
William Blackstone. Wardship , in copyhold estates , partakes both of that in chivalry and that in focage . Like that in chivalry , the lord is the legal guardian ; who usually affigns fome relation of the infant tenant to act in his ...
William Blackstone. Wardship , in copyhold estates , partakes both of that in chivalry and that in focage . Like that in chivalry , the lord is the legal guardian ; who usually affigns fome relation of the infant tenant to act in his ...
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abfolute adminiſtrator affigns aforefaid againſt alfo alienation alſo anceſtors antient bankrupt becauſe blood cafe caſe chattels common law confent confequence confideration conveyance copyhold courſe court creditors cuſtom debts deceaſed deed defcended deviſe dower Edward Coke efcheat eftate emblements eſtabliſhed eſtate executor expreffed faid fame fecond fee-fimple feems feifed feifin feodal feoffment fervices feud fhall fince firft firſt focage fome forfeiture fpecies freehold ftatute ftill fubject fuch fufficient grant hath heirs hereditaments himſelf houſe huſband Ibid iffue Inft inheritance intereft itſelf John Stiles joint-tenants king laft lands laſt Litt livery lord manor moſt muſt neceffary obferved otherwife owner perfon poffeffion poffibility preſent purchafor purchaſe purpoſes quia emptores reaſon refpect remainder rent reverfion ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſome Stiles ſtill ſuch tail tenant tenements tenure thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe ufual unleſs uſe uſually vefted veſted villein villenage wife