The Law of Copyholds: In Reference to the Enfranchisement and Commutation of Manorial Rights, and the Copyhold Acts; Also a Supplement Containing the Copyhold Act, 1858, and Other Acts, Notes of Recent Cases, and the Foms and Directions of the Copyhold CommissionersW. Maxwell, 1858 - 616 pages |
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... payment of a fine certain ( h ) . A custom to renew copyholds for lives can only be supported by immemorial usage ... pay- ment of a reasonable fine , as any uncertainty negatives there be a special occupant or not , and to customary ...
... payment of a fine certain ( h ) . A custom to renew copyholds for lives can only be supported by immemorial usage ... pay- ment of a reasonable fine , as any uncertainty negatives there be a special occupant or not , and to customary ...
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... pay- custom . ment of such fine as might be agreed upon between the lord and the tenants , was surrendered by L. , the ... payment of a fine certain , were not entitled to succeed in this suit , and the bill was dismissed ( o ) . ( n ) ...
... pay- custom . ment of such fine as might be agreed upon between the lord and the tenants , was surrendered by L. , the ... payment of a fine certain , were not entitled to succeed in this suit , and the bill was dismissed ( o ) . ( n ) ...
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... payment of debts , are made assets for payment of debts due on simple contract or on spe- cialty ; and the customary heir or heirs , devisee or de- visees , of the owners of such hereditaments , are subject to the same liability to ...
... payment of debts , are made assets for payment of debts due on simple contract or on spe- cialty ; and the customary heir or heirs , devisee or de- visees , of the owners of such hereditaments , are subject to the same liability to ...
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... payment ( 1 ) . In some manors it is not customary to pay any fine on the admittance of a person taking by descent ( m ) ; but generally a fine is ( f ) 1 Watk . Cop . 346 , 4th ed . ( g ) Denny v . Leman , Hob . 135 . ( 4 ) Kitch . 200 ...
... payment ( 1 ) . In some manors it is not customary to pay any fine on the admittance of a person taking by descent ( m ) ; but generally a fine is ( f ) 1 Watk . Cop . 346 , 4th ed . ( g ) Denny v . Leman , Hob . 135 . ( 4 ) Kitch . 200 ...
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... payment of the fine . Reference must be had to the court rolls of the manor to decide whether the fine be certain or ... payments can be proved by a long and uniform series of entries in ancient court rolls , but a few contradictory ...
... payment of the fine . Reference must be had to the court rolls of the manor to decide whether the fine be certain or ... payments can be proved by a long and uniform series of entries in ancient court rolls , but a few contradictory ...
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16 Vict admission admitted aforesaid agreement alienation ancient tenement appoint apportionment charge claimed commis common law commutation or enfranchisement consent conveyance copy of court Copyhold Act copyhold estate copyhold lands copyhold or customary copyhold tenant copyhold tenement court baron Court of Chancery court rolls curtesy customary freeholds death deed demesnes demise descent devise effect Eliz enfran entitled entry escheat evidence execution fee simple feme covert fines forfeiture free warren freebench freehold gavelkind Gilb heir held heriot hold holden husband Ibid inclosure act interest lease lessee licence Litt mandamus manor manorial rights ment minerals mines mortgagee paid parcel parties payable payment person possession purchaser Quia emptores real estate rent rent-charge respect Scriv SECT seised sioners special custom stat statute steward surrender surrenderee tenure therein thereof thereto timber tion trustees valuers waste Watk
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Page 55 - That no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in manner hereinafter mentioned ; (that is to say), it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction ; and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation...
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Page 405 - ... be paid into the Bank of England in the name and with the privity of the Accountant-general of...
Page 434 - An Act to repeal an Act of the present Session of Parliament, intituled ' An Act for the more effectual Abolition of Oaths and Affirmations taken and made in various Departments of the State, and to Substitute Declarations in lieu thereof, and for the more entire suppression of voluntary and extra-judicial Oaths and Affidavits; and to make other Provisions for the Abolition of unnecessary Oaths.
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Page 65 - ... in case there shall be no special occupant of any estate pur autre vie, whether freehold or customary freehold, tenant right, customary or copyhold, or of any other tenure, and whether a corporeal or incorporeal hereditament, it shall go to the executor or administrator of the party that had the estate thereof by virtue of the grant...
Page 365 - Application as aforesaid, or if the Plaintiff in such Action or Suit shall become Nonsuit, or suffer a Discontinuance of such Action, or if upon any Demurrer in such Action or Suit...
Page 42 - time immemorial, or time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary," is now by the law of England in many cases considered to include and denote the whole period of time from the reign of King Richard the First, whereby the title to matters that have been long enjoyed is sometimes defeated by showing the commencement of such enjoyment, which is in many cases productive of inconvenience and injustice ; for remedy thereof...
Page 355 - England, in the name and with the privity of the said accountant-general of the high court of chancery, and be placed to his account as aforesaid, in order to be applied in manner hereinbefore directed; or otherwise the same shall be paid, at the like option, to two trustees, to be nominated by the person or persons making such option, and approved of by the...
Page 65 - ... it shall go to the executor or administrator of the party that had the estate thereof by virtue of the grant ; and if the same shall come to the executor or administrator either by reason of a special occupancy or by virtue of this act, it shall be assets in his hands, and shall go and be applied and distributed in the same manner as the personal estate of the testator or intestate.