When any gold or silver in coin, plate, or bullion hath been of ancient time hidden, wheresoever it be found, whereof no person can prove any property, it doth belong to the King or to some lord or other by the King's grant or prescription. " The reason... The Archaeological Journal - Page 191865Full view - About this book
| Sir Edward Coke - Courts - 1797 - 332 pages
...it doth belong to the king, or to fome lord or other by the kings grant, or prefcription. The reafon wherefore it belongeth to the king, is a rule of the common law ; that fuch goods whereof no perfo.i can claim property belong to the king, as wrecks, ftrays, &c. Quod «an... | |
| Edward William Cox - Criminal law - 1846 - 734 pages
...in Co. 3rd Inst. c. 58: — " Treasure trove, is when any gold or silver, in coin, plate, or bullion hath been of ancient time hidden, wheresoever it be...King is a rule of the common law, that such goods whereof no person can claim property belong to the King, as wrecks, strays, &c. ... It appeareth by... | |
| Joel Prentiss Bishop - Criminal law - 1865 - 806 pages
...whereof no person can prove any property ; it doth belong to the king, or to some lord or other of the king's grant, or prescription. The reason wherefore...belongeth to the king is a rule of the common law, that nneh goods whereof no person can claim property belong to the king; as wrecks, strays, &c." It must... | |
| Joel Prentiss Bishop - Criminal law - 1868 - 832 pages
...or to some lord or other of the king's grant, or prescription. The reason wherefore it belongeth 10 the king is a rule of the common law, that such goods whereof no person can claim property belong to the king ; as wrecks, strays, &c." It must be gold or... | |
| Joel Prentiss Bishop - Criminal law - 1892 - 956 pages
...whereof no person can prove any property ; it doth belong to the king, or to some lord or other of the king's grant or prescription. The reason wherefore...the king is a rule of the common law that such goods whereof no person can claim property belong to the king ; as, wrecks, estrays, &c." It must be gold... | |
| British Archaeological Association - Archaeology - 1904 - 370 pages
...belong to the King or to some lord or other by the King's grant or prescription. " The reason whei'efore it belongeth to the King is a rule of the Common Law : that such goods whereof no person can claim property belong to the King, ' Quod non capit Christus capit Fiscus.' It... | |
| Numismatics - 1905 - 568 pages
...treasure trove as follows : — " Treasure trove is when any gold or silver, in coin, plate or bullion, hath been of ancient time hidden, wheresoever it be...King, is a rule of the common law, that such goods no man can claim property, belong to the King, as wrecks, strays, etc., Quod non capit Christus, capit... | |
| Archaeology - 1908 - 344 pages
...can prove any property, it doth belong to the King, or to some lord or other by the King's gr?.nt, or prescription. The reason wherefore it belongeth...King, is a rule of the common law, that such goods no man can claim property, belong to the King, as wrecks, strays, etc., Quod non capit Christus, capit... | |
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