An Epitome of the Law of Corporeal Hereditaments and ConveyancingLittle, Brown, 1875 - 494 pages |
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... mentioned above that there is one form of estate in land which does not in the event of its owner's intestacy go to his heir . This is the limited ownership which arises when a person is entitled to the use of land for a term of years ...
... mentioned above that there is one form of estate in land which does not in the event of its owner's intestacy go to his heir . This is the limited ownership which arises when a person is entitled to the use of land for a term of years ...
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... mentioned that many of the Saxons had lost their lands after the Conquest and during the subsequent rebellions , and this number comprised nearly all the eorls and thanes who made up the Saxon nobility . There remained , however , a ...
... mentioned that many of the Saxons had lost their lands after the Conquest and during the subsequent rebellions , and this number comprised nearly all the eorls and thanes who made up the Saxon nobility . There remained , however , a ...
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... mentioned in our Introduction , it is more accurate to speak of a person as having an " estate " in land , or as being a tenant of land , than as being the owner of land . Other lords Lords . was relied upon to show that the transfer ...
... mentioned in our Introduction , it is more accurate to speak of a person as having an " estate " in land , or as being a tenant of land , than as being the owner of land . Other lords Lords . was relied upon to show that the transfer ...
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... mention . We learn from Bracton 1 that there were in his time ( about 1285 ) on the king's demesne , in addition to the serfs , free men ( probably of the lowest class amongst the Saxons ) , who had formerly held their lands by services ...
... mention . We learn from Bracton 1 that there were in his time ( about 1285 ) on the king's demesne , in addition to the serfs , free men ( probably of the lowest class amongst the Saxons ) , who had formerly held their lands by services ...
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... mentioned , the tenants in capite were liable to that of Primer Seisin , or right which the king had to take the profits of an estate for a year and a half after the heir had attained full age ; and besides this , every heir was .bound ...
... mentioned , the tenants in capite were liable to that of Primer Seisin , or right which the king had to take the profits of an estate for a year and a half after the heir had attained full age ; and besides this , every heir was .bound ...
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Page 423 - 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 presence of the testator, but no form of attestation shall be necessary.
Page 231 - ... shall be construed to include any real estate, or any real estate to which such description shall extend (as the case may be), which he may have power to appoint in any manner he may think proper, and shall operate as an execution of such power, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will...
Page 275 - ... within twenty years next after the time at which the right to make such entry or distress or to bring such action shall have first accrued to some person through whom he claims...
Page 199 - And be it further enacted, that all declarations or creations of trusts or confidences of any lands, tenements or hereditaments shall be manifested and proved by some writing, signed by the party who is, by law, enabled to declare such trust, or by his last will in writing, or else they shall be utterly void and of none effect.
Page 98 - ... hereditament, 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.
Page 318 - That no action shall be brought whereby to charge any person upon any agreement made upon consideration of marriage, or upon any contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them, unless the agreement upon which. such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized,
Page 194 - ... where any person or persons stand or be seised, or at any time hereafter shall happen to be seised, of and in any honours, castles, manors, lands, tenements, rents, services, reversions, remainders, or other hereditaments, to the use, confidence or trust of any other person or persons...
Page 195 - ... be from henceforth clearly deemed and adjudged to be in him or them that have, or hereafter shall have, such use, confidence or trust, after such quality, manner, form and condition as they had before, in or to the use, confidence or trust that was in them.
Page 424 - ... will ; but the will, with such alteration as part thereof, shall be deemed to be duly executed if the signature of the testator and the subscription of the witnesses be made in the margin, or on some other part of the will...
Page 364 - Under a contract to grant or assign a term of years, whether derived or to be derived out of a freehold or leasehold estate, the intended lessee or assign shall not be entitled to call for the title to the freehold.