 | William Blackstone - Law - 1791 - 566 pages
...demefne confifts of thofe lands or manors, which, though now perhaps granted out to private fubjcfts, were actually in the hands of the crown in the time of Edward the confeflbr, or William the conqueror; and fo appear to have been by the great furvey in the exchequer... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 700 pages
...demefne confifta of thofe lands or manors, which, though now perhaps granted out to private fubje&s, were actually in the hands of the crown in the time of Edward the confeflbr, or William the conqueror j and fo appear to hare been by the great furvey in the exchequer... | |
 | Richard Barnard Fisher - Copyhold - 1794 - 420 pages
...demefne confifts of thofe lands or Manors, which though now perhaps granted out to private fubjedts, were actually in the hands of the crown in the time of Edward the Confeffbr, or William the Conqueror, and fo appear to have been by the great lurvey in the Exchequer... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 698 pages
...therefore given a name compounded out of both, and calls it viitanum socagium. ANCIENT demesne consists of those lands or manors, which, though now perhaps...conqueror ; and so appear to have been by the great survey in the exchequer called domesdaybookm. The tenants of these lands, under the crown, were not all of... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 482 pages
...others better, than their lords. Hence arose VILLENAOB (Privileged). The tenants of the lands under the crown were not all of the same order or degree. Some of them, as BritIon testifies, continued for a long time pure and absolute villeins, dependent on the... | |
 | Matthew Hale - Civil law - 1820 - 582 pages
...compounded out of both, and calls it VILLA HUM SOCAGIUM. The tenants of ancient demesne lands, under the crown, were not all of the same order or degree. Some of them, as Britton testifies, c. 66. continued fora longtime pure and absolute villeins, dependent... | |
 | Charles Barton - Conveyancing - 1821 - 696 pages
...manor, which is ancient demesne, this shall be tried by a jury ' . But the tenants of these lands, under the crown, were not all of the same order or degree. Some of them, as Britton testifies f , continued for a long time pure and absolute villains, dependent on... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 626 pages
...therefore given a name compounded out of both, and calls it vittanum socagium. ANTIENT demesne consists of those lands or manors, which, though now perhaps...conqueror; and so appear to have been by the great survey in the exchequer called domesdaybook m. The tenants of these lands, under the crown, were not all of... | |
 | Charles Petersdorff - Law reports, digests, etc - 1825 - 848 pages
...this denomination is comprised those lands or manors which, though now granted to private individuals, were actually in the hands of the crown in the time...of Edward the Confessor, or William the Conqueror. Tile number and names of ail manors, after a survey made of them, were written in the Doomsday Book... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 878 pages
...PRIVILEGED, a species of tenure otherwise called villein soccage. See TENURE. Ancient demesne consists of those lands or manors which, though now perhaps...Conqueror, and so appear to have been, by the great survey in the exchequer, called doomsday book. The tenants of these lands, under the crown, were not all of... | |
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Ancient demesne consists of those lands or manors, which, though now perhaps granted out to private subjects, were actually in the hands of the crown in the time of Edward the Confessor, or William the Conqueror; and so appear to have been by the great... 
