Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 2at the Clarendon Press. Printed for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell, and Daniel Prince, 1775 - Law |
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abfolute adminiſtration affigns aforefaid againſt alfo alienation alſo anceſtors antient bankrupt becauſe blood cafe caſe chattels common law confequence confideration conveyance copyhold courſe court creditors cuſtom debts deceaſed deed defcended deſcent devife deviſe dower Edward Coke efcheat eftate Eliz emblements eſtabliſhed eſtate executors expreffed faid fame fecond fee-fimple feems feifed feifin feodal feoffment fervices feud fhall fince firft firſt focage fome forfeiture fpecies freehold ftatute ftill fubject fuch fufficient grant hath heirs hereditaments himſelf houſe huſband Ibid iffue Inft inheritance intereft itſelf John Stiles joint-tenants king lands laſt leaſe Litt lord manor moſt muft muſt neceffary obferved otherwiſe owner perfon poffeffion poffibility preſcription preſent purchaſe purpoſe reaſon remainder rent reſpect reverfion ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſome ſpecial ſpecies ſuch tail tenant tenements tenure thefe themſelves theſe thing thoſe ufually unleſs uſe uſually veft veſted villein villenage wife