 | English literature - 730 pages
...annexed to the manor or land ; or «lfe they were ia graft , or at large, thar is, annexed to the perfon of the lord, and transferable by deed from one owner...to another. They could not leave their lord without bis permirtion ; but, if they ran away, or were purloined from him, ^liaht be claimed and recovered... | |
 | English poetry - 1774 - 428 pages
...elfe they were i,i graft, or at large, that i&, annexed to the perfon of the lord, and transferrable by deed from one owner to another. They could not leave their lord without his permiffion ; but, but, if they ran away, or were purloined from him, might be claimed and recovered... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 700 pages
...elfe they were in grofs, or at large, that is, annexed to the perfon of the lord, and transferrable by deed from one owner to another °. They could not leave their k Wright. 115, HI Inft. 116, 1 IntroJ. Hift. Engl. 59, • Litt § lit, »i Wright. 117. lord, lord... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 636 pages
...annexed to the manor or land ; or elfe they were in graft, or at large, that is, annexed to the perfon of the lord, and transferable by deed from one owner...another. They could not leave their lord without his permiflion ; but, it they ran av/ay, or were purloined from him, might be claimed,and recovered by... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...elfc they were in gioj's, or at large, that is annexed to the pcrlon of the lord, and transferrablc by deed from one owner to another. They could not leave their lord without his permiflion; but if tliey ran away, or were purloined from him, nii^iit be claimed and recovered by... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1800 - 680 pages
...elfe they were in grcft, or at large, that is, annexed to the perfon of the lord, and transferrable by deed from one owner to another ° . They could not leave their * Wright. 1i5. • ll°ft- "6. i 3ntrod. Hift.Xngl. 59. f Lilt- § i8i. lord without his permiffion;... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1807 - 602 pages
...that of villeinage, or vassalage, of which Blackstone gives the following description: — "Villains could not leave their lord without his permission ; but, if they ran away, or were purloined from him, might be claimed and recoTHE RISING 81T5. 175 vered by action, like beasts,... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 698 pages
...transfcrrable by deed from one owner to another°. They could k WriBiu,215. m Wright, 117. o Litt. a?c. 181. not leave their lord without his permission ; but if they ran away, or were purloined from him, might be claimed and recovered by action, like beasts or other chattels. They... | |
 | David Peter Davies - Derbyshire (England) - 1811 - 758 pages
...carucate of land, and two Lord of the Manor, and were transfeiable by deed from one Lord to inother. They could not leave their Lord without his permission ; but if they ran away, or were purloined from him, might be claimed and removed by action, like rents or other chattels. A villane... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 482 pages
...else they were in grojj, or at large, that is, annexed to the person of the lord, and tramferrable by deed from one owner to another. They could not...without his permission ; but, if they ran away, or were purloined from him, might be claimed and recovered by action, like brasto or other chattels. They... | |
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They could not leave their lord without his permission : but if they ran away, or were purloined from him, might be claimed and recovered by action, like beasts or other chattels. 
