Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 2A. Strahan and W. Woodfall, law-printers to the King, 1791 - Droit |
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abfolute adminiſtrator affigns aforefaid againſt alfo alienation alſo anceſtors antient bankrupt becauſe blood cafe caſe chattels common law confent confequence confideration conveyance copyhold court creditors cuſtom debts deceaſed deed defcended devife dower Edward Edward Coke efcheat eftate Eliz emblements eſtabliſhed eſtate executor expreffed faid fame fecond fee-fimple feems feifed feifin feodal feoffment fervices feud fhall fhould fince firft firſt focage fome forfeiture fpecies freehold ftatute ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed grant hath heirs hereditaments himſelf houſe huſband Ibid iffue Inft inheritance intereft itſelf John Stiles joint-tenants king laft lands laſt leafe Litt lord manor moſt muſt neceffary obferved otherwife owner perfon poffeffion prefent purchafor purchaſe purpoſe reaſon refpect remainder rent reverfion ſhall ſome ſpecial ſpecies Stiles ſuch tail tenant tenements tenure thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe ufually unleſs uſe uſually vefted veſted villein villenage wife
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Page 6 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
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