The General Laws of Estates: Or, Freeholder's Companion: Containing the Laws, Statutes, and Customs Relating to Freehold and Other Estates ... in which is Compriz'd the Whole Law of Tenures of Lands ... With a Full and Compleat Abstract of the New Act of Parliament Concerning Distresses for Rent, Replevins and Ejectments, &c. and Several Other Late Popular Statutes. Likewise Some Very Useful Precedents of Deeds and Writings, Applicable to this WorkE. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, 1740 - 402 pages |
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Page 127
... Dower ; but she might re- fuse the Dower thus appointed , and then be en- dowed after the Course of the Common Law . Also Dower de la pluis Belle was an ancient Dower , where the Wife was endowed with the fairest Part of her Husband's ...
... Dower ; but she might re- fuse the Dower thus appointed , and then be en- dowed after the Course of the Common Law . Also Dower de la pluis Belle was an ancient Dower , where the Wife was endowed with the fairest Part of her Husband's ...
Page 128
... Dower shall recover Damages , viz . the Value of her Dower from her Husband's Death . But where the Estate which the Husband hath during the Marriage is ended , there the Wife shall lose her Dower : Yet of an Estate - tail in Lands ...
... Dower shall recover Damages , viz . the Value of her Dower from her Husband's Death . But where the Estate which the Husband hath during the Marriage is ended , there the Wife shall lose her Dower : Yet of an Estate - tail in Lands ...
Page 129
... Dower of such Estate ; for it is not possible that the Husband could have endowed her of it , being never seised as he ought to be : And if a Man be Tenant in Fee - tail general , and make a Feoffment in Fee , and takes back an Estate ...
... Dower of such Estate ; for it is not possible that the Husband could have endowed her of it , being never seised as he ought to be : And if a Man be Tenant in Fee - tail general , and make a Feoffment in Fee , and takes back an Estate ...
Page 130
... Dower in this Cafe . Litt . Sect . 53 . At Common Law , Dower is assign'd by the Sheriff , by the King's Writ ; or by the Heir , σε . on an Agreement among themselves : And by the ancient Law of England , till Magna Charta , a Woman was ...
... Dower in this Cafe . Litt . Sect . 53 . At Common Law , Dower is assign'd by the Sheriff , by the King's Writ ; or by the Heir , σε . on an Agreement among themselves : And by the ancient Law of England , till Magna Charta , a Woman was ...
Page 131
... Dower be assign'd a Woman on Condition , or with an Exception , the Condition and Exception are void : If Land is assign'd to a Woman for Years , in Recompence of her Dower , this is no Bar of Dower ; for this is not such an Estate as ...
... Dower be assign'd a Woman on Condition , or with an Exception , the Condition and Exception are void : If Land is assign'd to a Woman for Years , in Recompence of her Dower , this is no Bar of Dower ; for this is not such an Estate as ...
Common terms and phrases
Action Adminiſtrators admitted Affigns aforesaid alſo altho Appurtenances becauſe Cafe Caſe Cattle Cauſe Common Law Copyhold Coſts County Court Covenant Cuſtom cuſtomary Danv Daughter Deceaſe Deed demiſed deſcend Deviſe Diſcent diſtrained Diſtreſs doth Dower Dyer Eliz Eſtate-tail Executors faid fame Father Fee-ſimple Feoffment firſt Freehold fuch granted hath Iſſue Heirs and Aſſigns hereby Houſe Husband ibid Inft Inheritance Inst Intereſt Iſſue Jointenants Jointure laſt Leaſe Leffee Leffor Leſſee Leſſor Lord Manor ment Meſſuage or Tenement muſt Nuſance Parcel particular Eſtate Party paſs Perſon Plaintiff Poffeffion Poſſeſſion Premiſſes Purchaſe Reaſon Releaſe Remainder Rent Replevin reſerved Reverſion Right ſaid ſaid Meſſuage Salk ſame ſay ſecond ſeiſed ſerve ſeveral ſhall Sheriff ſhould ſo long ſome ſpecial ſtand Statute ſuch ſuffer ſufficient Surrender Tenant in Tail Tenants in Common Term thereof theſe Preſents thoſe Treſpaſs unto the ſaid Uſe void Warranty Waſte whoſe Wife ſhall Writ
Popular passages
Page 349 - Post (in his Actual Possession now being by Virtue of a Bargain and Sale to him thereof made by the said George Welsh for one whole year by Indenture bearing date the day next Before the day of the date of these Presents and by force of the Statute for Transferring uses into Possession...
Page 384 - ... all other persons claiming or to claim the premises, or any part thereof by, from or under him, them or any of them. 4. Mortgagor to keep buildings insured. A covenant " that the mortgagor will keep the buildings on the said premises insured against loss by fire, for the benefit of the mortgagee.
Page 353 - James, their executors, adminiftrators, and afligns, from the day next before the day of the date of thefe prefents, for and during, and unto the full end and term of...
Page 374 - Brook and his heirs and against all and every other person or persons whatsoever lawfully claiming or to claim by, from or under him, them or any of them Shall and Will Warrant and forever Defend by these presents.
Page 48 - Blades in 1716 devifed certain lands to his wife for her life, and, after her death, to his nine .children ; the wife enters, but does not regifter the will.
Page 56 - ... make it. For, if land be given to a man and his wife, and the heirs of their two...
Page 384 - And lajlly it is covenanted, granted, concluded and agreed upon, by and between the faid Parties to thefe Prefents, and the true Meaning hereof alfo is, and it is hereby...
Page 191 - Except nevertheless all leases not exceeding the term of three years from the making thereof, whereupon the rent reserved to the landlord, during such term, shall amount unto two third parts at the least of the full improved value of the thing demised.
Page 360 - Day next before the Day of the Date of thefe Prefents, for and during, and unto the full End and Term of, one whole Year from thence next enfuing and fully to be complete and ended : "JJttiwlig Raldcndnm.
Page 367 - ... all and singular the said tract of land and premises ; with their, and every of their appurtenances, and every part...