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 ...Luke Hansard & Sons, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields, 1809 - Land tenure |
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action afcun affife againſt albeit alfo alienation appeareth attornement auter barre becauſe cafe caufe ceft celuy common law condition coverture deed defcend dieth difcent difcontinuance diffeifee diffeifin diffeifor divers donques doth dower droit eftate Eliz enter entrie eſtate fait fame fee fimple fee taile feifed feifin feigniorie feme feme covert feoffee feoffment feoffor fervice fes heires fhall fhould foit fome fonne formedon freehold ftatute fuch fuit grant hath beene faid hufband ibid iffue jointenant land leafe leffee leffor Littleton livery lord mefme ment moruft obferved perfon plaintife plead poffeffion Poft poit prefent pur ceo pur terme quòd reafon referving releafe remainder remitter rent reverfion ſhall tayle tenant a terme tenant in taile tenements terme de vie terre thall thefe tiel touts villeine wafte warrantie wife word writ writ of right
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Page 437 - If a man be upon the sea of England, he is within the kingdom or realme of England, and within the ligeance of the King of England, as of his crowne of England. And yet altum mare is out of the jurisdiction of the common law, and within the jurisdiction of the lord admirall.
Page 327 - And it seemeth that the cause why it is called mortgage is, for that it is doubtful whether the feoffor will pay, at the day limited, such sum or not; and if he doth not pay, then the land, which is put in pledge upon condition for the payment of the money, is taken from him for ever, and so dead to him upon condition, &c.; and if he doth pay the money, then the pledge is dead as to the tenant, &c.
Page 563 - If there be lord and tenant, and the tenant grant the tenements to a man for term of his life, the remainder to another in fee, if the lord grant the services to the tenant for life in fee," "the services are put in suspense during his life; but the heirs of the tenant for life shall have the services after his decease...
Page 338 - Note, that, in all cases of condition for payment of a certain sum in gross touching lands or tenements, if lawful tender be once refused, he which ought to tender the money is of this quit and fully discharged for ever afterwards.
Page 482 - But now readings have lost the said former qualities, have lost also their former authorities : for now the cases are long, obscure, and intricate, full of new conceits, liker rather to riddles than lectures, which when they are opened they vanish away like smoke ; and the readers are like to lapwings, which seem to be nearest their nests when they are farthest from them, and all their study is to find nice evasions out of the statute.
Page 347 - ... to have and occupy the land by force of the same grant. And so because that the condition of the part of the grantee is broken, and the grantor cannot enter, the law will put the fee and the freehold in the grantor.
Page 487 - In detinue, the defendant pleadeth non detinet ; he cannot give in evidence that the goods were pawned to him for money, and that it is not paid, but must plead it ; but he may give in evidence a gift from the plaintiff, for, that proveth he retaineth not the plaintiff's goods.
Page 524 - B. for life, and the leflbr confirme their eftates in the land, to have and to hold to them and their heires, A.
Page 443 - Know all men by these presents, that I A. of B. have remised, released, and altogether from me and my heirs quit-claimed: or thus, for me and my heirs quit-claimed to C. of D. all the right, title and claim which I have, or by any means may have, of and in one messuage with the appurtenances in F., &c.
Page 483 - Lands are letten to A. for life, the remainder to B. for life, the remainder to the right heirs of A. ; A. dieth^ B. entereth and dieth ; a stranger intrudeth, the heir of A. shall have a writ of right of the seisin which A. had as tenant for life.