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 | William Blackstone - Law - 1890 - 850 pages
...honourable employment of mankind. [»3] These villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, wore either villeins regardant, that is, annexed to the...the lord, and transferable by deed from one owner to another.0 They could not leave their lord without his permission ; but, if they ran away, or were purloined... | |
 | John C. Devereux - Law - 1891 - 432 pages
...lord of the soil, like the rest of the cattle or stock upon it. They were either villeins regardant, or else they were in gross, or at large, that is,...and transferable by deed from one owner to another. The villein could acquire no property in land or goods. His children were also in the same state of... | |
 | Thomas Sydenham Cogley - Labor laws and legislation - 1894 - 404 pages
...fit only for kicks and cuffs and the lowest menial services. These villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, were either villeins regardant, that...person of the lord and transferable by deed from one to another. They could not leave their lord without his permission, but if they ran away, or were purloined... | |
 | 1896 - 722 pages
...were held as "villeins in gross." " The villein in gross," Mr. Hurd says, quoting Littleton, " was annexed to the person of the lord, and transferable by deed from one owner to another, and if he ran away from his lord, or was purloined from him, he might be claimed and recovered by action,... | |
 | William Blackstone (Sir) - Great Britain - 1897 - 838 pages
...war the\>nly honorable employment. Baseness of Vi Menage. These villeins, belonging prin. cipally to lords of manors, were either villeins regardant, that is, annexed to the manor or land, or villeins in gross, or at large, that is annexed to the person of the lord, and transferable by deed... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - Law - 1903 - 812 pages
...ancestors, esteeming war the only honourable employment of mankind. These villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, were either villeins regardant, that is, annexed to the manor or the land; or else they were in gross, or at large, that is, annexed to the person of the lord, and... | |
 | M. E. Dunlap (Counsellor at law) - Law - 1905 - 620 pages
...cattle or stock upon it. They were either regardant — that is, annexed to the manor or land; or else in gross, or at large — that is, annexed to the person of the lord. They were transferable by deed from one person to another, but could acquire no property in land or... | |
 | Philip Rappaport - Families - 1906 - 242 pages
...LOOKING FORWARD age) belong principally to lords of manors, were either annexed to the manor or lord, or to the person of the lord and transferable by deed from one owner to the other. They could not leave their lord without his permission, but if they ran away, or were purloined... | |
 | Ella Kent Barnard - 1909 - 442 pages
...other condition. Some were annexed to the manor or land and transferable only with it; others were annexed to the person of the lord and transferable by deed from one person to another. They could not leave without their lord's permission: if they ran away or were purloined... | |
 | Charles Erehart Chadman - Law - 1912 - 624 pages
...war the only honorable employment of mankind. *These villeins, belonging principally to lords [*93] of manors, were either villeins regardant, that is...and transferable by deed from one owner to another. (o) They could not leave their lord without his permission; but if they ran away, or were purloined... | |
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