The Standard Library Cyclopaedia of Political, Constitutional, Statistical and Forensic Knowledge: Forming a Work of Universal Reference on the Subjects of Civil Administration, Political Economy, Finance, Commerce, Laws and Social Relations ...H. G. Bohn, 1860 |
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Page 15
... less estate than an estate of freehold can pass by a feoffment with livery , the livery being in fact the investiture with the free- hold . Livery of seisin , of both the kinds pre- viously mentioned , was at first performed in the ...
... less estate than an estate of freehold can pass by a feoffment with livery , the livery being in fact the investiture with the free- hold . Livery of seisin , of both the kinds pre- viously mentioned , was at first performed in the ...
Page 22
... less among the feudists whether a fief could consist of money , or of any thing else than land ; and perhaps the most eminent authorities have maintained that it could not . The preference thus shown for land by the spirit of the feudal ...
... less among the feudists whether a fief could consist of money , or of any thing else than land ; and perhaps the most eminent authorities have maintained that it could not . The preference thus shown for land by the spirit of the feudal ...
Page 30
... less than 60 tons , burthen , with an additional bounty of 20s . per ton for the first thirty vessels entered in the first year . Premiums amounting to 3000l . were also granted for boats of not less than 15 tons ' burthen . This act ...
... less than 60 tons , burthen , with an additional bounty of 20s . per ton for the first thirty vessels entered in the first year . Premiums amounting to 3000l . were also granted for boats of not less than 15 tons ' burthen . This act ...
Page 32
... less money " ( 33 Hen . VIII . c . 2 ) . One branch of fishing wholly different in its object from all other branches has been described by the committee of 1833 ander the title of the Stow - Bout Fishery . This fishery prevails ...
... less money " ( 33 Hen . VIII . c . 2 ) . One branch of fishing wholly different in its object from all other branches has been described by the committee of 1833 ander the title of the Stow - Bout Fishery . This fishery prevails ...
Page 35
... less numerous , and , when found , more difficult to take . It therefore be came necessary to pursue them farther to the open sea , and at length it was found more economical to bring the blubber home in order to its being boiled , and ...
... less numerous , and , when found , more difficult to take . It therefore be came necessary to pursue them farther to the open sea , and at length it was found more economical to bring the blubber home in order to its being boiled , and ...
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