The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I, Volume 2 |
Contents
Ownership and Possession | 1 |
Position of the life tenant | 8 |
power of the gift 12 The form of the gift a law for the land 13 The gift | 15 |
Copyright | |
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action alienation ancestor ancient appears assize bishop Bracton Bracton's day Britton brother Brunner charter chattels church claim common law consent crime Curia Regis custom dead man's death debt defendant descendants doctrine dower ecclesiastical Edward I.'s eldest England English law executor father favour fee simple felony feoffee feoffment feudal Fleta gage Gavelkind gift give given Glanvill Glanvill's hand heir Henry Heusler homicide husband and wife Ibid infant inheritance intestacy intestate jurors jury justices king king's court land later days lawyers lord manorial marriage Norman Note Book novel disseisin oath opus ownership person plaintiff plea rolls possession possessory primogeniture propositus punishment question quod Regis rent Roman rule seems seised seisin Select Pleas speak Stat statute tenant tenement term termor testator thegns thing thirteenth century tion trespass twelfth century villein wergild widow wife's woman words writ of right writs of entry