Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books ; with an Analysis of the Work, Volume 2S. Sweet, 1836 - Law |
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Page xxi
... death of his parishioners 425 4. Heir - looms are such personal chattels , as descend by special custom to the heir , along with the inheritance of his ancestor 427 CHAPTER XXIX . OF TITLE BY SUCCESSION , MARRIAGE , AND JUDGMENT . 1. By ...
... death of his parishioners 425 4. Heir - looms are such personal chattels , as descend by special custom to the heir , along with the inheritance of his ancestor 427 CHAPTER XXIX . OF TITLE BY SUCCESSION , MARRIAGE , AND JUDGMENT . 1. By ...
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... death , considering men as absolute individuals , and unconnected with civil society for then , by the principles before established , the next immediate occupant would acquire a right in all that the deceased possessed . But as , under ...
... death , considering men as absolute individuals , and unconnected with civil society for then , by the principles before established , the next immediate occupant would acquire a right in all that the deceased possessed . But as , under ...
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... death , having put an end to the parents ' use of it , hath taken them from their possessions ; and this we call inheritance : men being by a like obligation bound to preserve what they have begotten , as to preserve them . selves ...
... death , having put an end to the parents ' use of it , hath taken them from their possessions ; and this we call inheritance : men being by a like obligation bound to preserve what they have begotten , as to preserve them . selves ...
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... death - bed , and are the earliest witnesses of his decease . They became [ * 12 ] therefore generally the next immediate occupants , till at In the doctrines of our author , in the text above . And the justice of a child's claim to the ...
... death - bed , and are the earliest witnesses of his decease . They became [ * 12 ] therefore generally the next immediate occupants , till at In the doctrines of our author , in the text above . And the justice of a child's claim to the ...
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... death of the last tenant . 2. Relief , relevium , was before mentioned as incident to 2. Reliefs.— Fines payable to every feodal tenure , by way of fine or composition with the the lord on tak- lord for taking up the estate , which was ...
... death of the last tenant . 2. Relief , relevium , was before mentioned as incident to 2. Reliefs.— Fines payable to every feodal tenure , by way of fine or composition with the the lord on tak- lord for taking up the estate , which was ...
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Page 4 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 4 - 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.
Page 373 - ... no devise in writing of lands, tenements or hereditaments, or any clause thereof, shall be revocable, otherwise than by some other will or codicil in writing, or other writing declaring the same, or by burning, cancelling, tearing or obliterating the same by the testator himself, or in his presence, and by his directions and consent...
Page 305 - Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things ; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour : and this was a testimony in Israel.
Page 514 - America to them in hand paid by the party of the second part, at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged...
Page 11 - For water is a movable, wandering thing, and must of necessity continue common by the law of nature; so that I can only have a temporary, transient, usufructuary, property therein...
Page xxiv - They are not : there is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property ; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe.
Page 14 - land" includes not only the face of the earth, but every thing under it, or over it. And therefore, if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other fossils, his woods, his waters, and his houses, as well as his fields and meadows.
Page 318 - Coke defines it1 to be a conveyance of an estate or right in esse, whereby a voidable estate is made sure and unavoidable, or whereby a particular estate is increased : and the words of making it are these, " have given, granted, ratified, approved and confirmed.
Page 467 - ... all persons using the trade of merchandize by way of bargaining, exchange, bartering, commission, consignment, or otherwise, in gross or by retail, and all persons who, either for themselves or as agents or factors for others, seek their living by buying and selling, or by buying or letting for hire, or by the workmanship of goods or commodities...