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... held as to deter- mine only by the death or delinquency of the possessor . ADVOCATI fisci . -Fiscal advocates . Advocates of the revenue . ADVOCATIO.An advowson . A right of presentation to a church living . AD voluntatem domini.At the ...
... held as to deter- mine only by the death or delinquency of the possessor . ADVOCATI fisci . -Fiscal advocates . Advocates of the revenue . ADVOCATIO.An advowson . A right of presentation to a church living . AD voluntatem domini.At the ...
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... held in ab- solute dominion . Vide note . ALLONGE.When a bill of exchange or note is too small to receive the endorsements to be made on it , a piece of paper is annexed to it which is called allonge . ALLUMINOR.A painter ; an ...
... held in ab- solute dominion . Vide note . ALLONGE.When a bill of exchange or note is too small to receive the endorsements to be made on it , a piece of paper is annexed to it which is called allonge . ALLUMINOR.A painter ; an ...
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... held allodially , and that held " ut feudam , " it will bo first necessary to state a few particulars . Property in land seems to have gone through four successive changes , among the barbarous nations who settled upon the extensive ...
... held allodially , and that held " ut feudam , " it will bo first necessary to state a few particulars . Property in land seems to have gone through four successive changes , among the barbarous nations who settled upon the extensive ...
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... held them to military service . L'Esprit des Louis , l . xxx . c . 3. and 16. M. l'Abbe de Mably con- tends that such as held these were , at first , subjected to no other service , than what was incumbent on every freeman . But ...
... held them to military service . L'Esprit des Louis , l . xxx . c . 3. and 16. M. l'Abbe de Mably con- tends that such as held these were , at first , subjected to no other service , than what was incumbent on every freeman . But ...
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... held only during pleasure , he who granted them not only exercised the dominium or prerogative of superior lord , but he retained the property , giving his vassal only the usufruct . But under the latter form , when they became ...
... held only during pleasure , he who granted them not only exercised the dominium or prerogative of superior lord , but he retained the property , giving his vassal only the usufruct . But under the latter form , when they became ...
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Page 140 - Hallstead, one head of which extends towards the west and the other towards the east : — to have and to hold to him and his heirs, of me and my heirs...