A View of the Jurisprudence of the Isle of Man: With the History of Its Ancient Constitution, Legislative Government, and Extraordinary Privileges; Together with the Practice of the Courts, Etc |
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From that period , the whole body of the people , at the will of their chief , were
convened at a place near the centre of the island , immemorially called the
Tynwald Hill ; from the Danish word Ting , ( Forum judiciale ) and Wald , fenced t ,
where ...
From that period , the whole body of the people , at the will of their chief , were
convened at a place near the centre of the island , immemorially called the
Tynwald Hill ; from the Danish word Ting , ( Forum judiciale ) and Wald , fenced t ,
where ...
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The granter was called the proprietor or lord , and the grantee was styled the
feudatory or vassal , which was only another name for the tenant of the land . At
the first introduction of feuds , as they were gratuitous , so also they were
precarious ...
The granter was called the proprietor or lord , and the grantee was styled the
feudatory or vassal , which was only another name for the tenant of the land . At
the first introduction of feuds , as they were gratuitous , so also they were
precarious ...
Page 28
2016 21 « In the year 1422 , the tenants and commons of Sir John Stanley , then
king of the ' isle , were convened to a court held on the hill of Rencurling , at
which court ' the bishop of Man was called to come to do his faith and fealty unto
the ...
2016 21 « In the year 1422 , the tenants and commons of Sir John Stanley , then
king of the ' isle , were convened to a court held on the hill of Rencurling , at
which court ' the bishop of Man was called to come to do his faith and fealty unto
the ...
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... to be held in villanage ; doing , therefore , services that were base and servile ,
but certain and expressed by name . These are called ascriptitious to the soil ,
and yet are freemen , though they perform villan services , since they perform
them ...
... to be held in villanage ; doing , therefore , services that were base and servile ,
but certain and expressed by name . These are called ascriptitious to the soil ,
and yet are freemen , though they perform villan services , since they perform
them ...
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And at the baron court ( formerly called the sheading court ) the names of all
deceased proprietors of land , grantors , mortgagors , & c . are drawn out of the
liber assedacionis , and the names of the heir , grantee , and mortgagee are
entered in ...
And at the baron court ( formerly called the sheading court ) the names of all
deceased proprietors of land , grantors , mortgagors , & c . are drawn out of the
liber assedacionis , and the names of the heir , grantee , and mortgagee are
entered in ...
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| Title | A View of the Jurisprudence of the Isle of Man: With the History of Its Ancient Constitution, Legislative Government, and Extraordinary Privileges; Together with the Practice of the Courts, Etc |
| Author | James Johnson |
| Contributor | Isle of Man |
| Publisher | G. Ramsey & Company, 1811 |
| Length | 234 pages |
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