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... villeins ( as they were then called ) in return for the lands allotted to them , was gradually com- muted for definite services , and they acquired a legal right to the hereditary occupation of what were termed their copyholds . Two ...
... villeins ( as they were then called ) in return for the lands allotted to them , was gradually com- muted for definite services , and they acquired a legal right to the hereditary occupation of what were termed their copyholds . Two ...
Page 118
... villeins ceased to exist among us . The last claim of villeinage recorded in our courts was in the fifteenth of James I. 1618 . Rare instances , perhaps , existed some time after this . In the mean time the stipulated services silently ...
... villeins ceased to exist among us . The last claim of villeinage recorded in our courts was in the fifteenth of James I. 1618 . Rare instances , perhaps , existed some time after this . In the mean time the stipulated services silently ...
Page 122
... villeins or manorial tenants in England began to be com- muted for annual payments in money . About the same time it became not uncommon for the lord to lease out for the duration of certain lives , or for a term of years , portions of ...
... villeins or manorial tenants in England began to be com- muted for annual payments in money . About the same time it became not uncommon for the lord to lease out for the duration of certain lives , or for a term of years , portions of ...
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PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE ON the Coincidence of | 1 |
Primary Natural Rights1 To Personal | 13 |
Duty of a Government the securing | 28 |
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