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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... origin to the invention and skill of Arkwright ; and it is probable that but for the invention of spinning machinery , and the consequent necessary aggrega- tion of large numbers of workmen in cotton - mills , the name would never have ...
... origin to the invention and skill of Arkwright ; and it is probable that but for the invention of spinning machinery , and the consequent necessary aggrega- tion of large numbers of workmen in cotton - mills , the name would never have ...
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... origin , its Latinised form being feoffa- mentum , from feudare or infeudare , to infeoff , to give a feud ; he who con- fers the feud or fief is the feoffor , and he who receives it the feoffee . This mode of conveyance is common to ...
... origin , its Latinised form being feoffa- mentum , from feudare or infeudare , to infeoff , to give a feud ; he who con- fers the feud or fief is the feoffor , and he who receives it the feoffee . This mode of conveyance is common to ...
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... origin of the system of feuds has been a fertile subject of speculation and dispute . If we merely seek for the ex- istence of a kind of landed tenure resem- bling that of the fief in its essential prin- ciple , it is probable that such ...
... origin of the system of feuds has been a fertile subject of speculation and dispute . If we merely seek for the ex- istence of a kind of landed tenure resem- bling that of the fief in its essential prin- ciple , it is probable that such ...
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... origin- ally the only way in which the holder of a fief could alienate any part of his estate without the consent of his lord ; and it therefore now became necessary to pro- vide some other mode of effecting that object , for it seems ...
... origin- ally the only way in which the holder of a fief could alienate any part of his estate without the consent of his lord ; and it therefore now became necessary to pro- vide some other mode of effecting that object , for it seems ...
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... origin of which is by some referred to the time of Stephen or Henry II . , was regulated by various statutes ( among others , particularly by the 4 Henry VII . ) , and contributed ma- terially to facilitate the transfer of lands in ...
... origin of which is by some referred to the time of Stephen or Henry II . , was regulated by various statutes ( among others , particularly by the 4 Henry VII . ) , and contributed ma- terially to facilitate the transfer of lands in ...
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