Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books. Of the rights of things, Volume 2Strahan, 1787 - 520 pages |
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abfolute adminiſtration affigns aforefaid againſt alfo alienation alſo anceſtor antient bankrupt becauſe blood cafe caſe chattels common law confequence confideration conveyance copyhold court creditors cuſtom debts deceaſed deed defcended deſcent devife dower Edward Coke efcheat eftate Eliz emblements eſtabliſhed eſtate executor expreffed faid fame fee-fimple feems feifed feifin feodal feoffment fervices feud fhall fhould fince firft firſt focage fome forfeiture fpecies freehold ftatute ftill fubject fuch fuffered fufficient grant hath heirs hereditaments himſelf houſe huſband Ibid iffue Inft inheritance intereft itſelf John Stiles joint-tenants king laft lands laſt leaſe Litt lord manor moſt muft muſt neceffary obferved otherwife perfon poffeffion poffibility preſent purchaſe purpoſes reaſon referved remainder rent reſpect reverfion ſeveral ſhall ſome ſpecial ſpecies ſtate ſuch tail teftament tenant tenements tenure thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe ufually unleſs uſe uſually vefted veſted villein villenage wife