 | William Woodfall - Landlord and tenant - 1890 - 936 pages
...comprehends, in its legal signification, any ground, soil or earth whatsoever; so the word ' land ' includes, not only the face of the earth, but everything under it or over it ; l and therefore if a man grant all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1890 - 850 pages
...owner of the surface ; as is every day's experience in the mining countries.* So that fthe word "land" includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under it, oroverit.J And therefore if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and... | |
 | John C. Devereux - Law - 1891 - 432 pages
...signification ? — 18. It has an indefinite extent, upward as well as downward ; so that the word " land" includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under it, or over it. Cujus est solum, ejus eat usque ad ccelum, is a maxim of the law. 14. What passes in law by a grant... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 1284 pages
...estates with respect to the mode of enjoying those profits. " Blackstone says, (2 Bl. Ooinm. § 17:) "If a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby...all his mines of metal and other fossils, his woods, hie waters, and his houses, as well as his fields and meadows.'' As is said in Lent'ers v. Henke, supra:... | |
 | Henry George - Economics - 1911 - 326 pages
...rocks and minerals below it and the air and the light above it. As Blackstone says: "The word 'land' includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under it or over it. ... By the name of land everything terrestrial will pass." The landowner is, in law as well as in fact,... | |
 | Henry George - Land use - 1892 - 346 pages
...and minerals below it and the air and the light above it. As Blackstone says : " The word ' land ' includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under it or over it. ... By the name of land everything terrestrial will pass." The land-owner is, in law as well as in... | |
 | Pennsylvania. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1884 - 734 pages
...land and the center of the earth, belongs to the owner of the surface. So that the word land means not only the face of the earth, but everything under it or over it; and, therefore, if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and coal, his... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 862 pages
...of Salford, 11 Exch. 181, (1855). The Court gave effect to the legal definition of land as including not only the face of the earth but everything under it or over it, and that definition is not ruled out by our Assessment Act which says " land " shall " include " such... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 1220 pages
...owner of the surface, as is every day's experience in the mining countries. So that the word 'land' Includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under it or over it. And, Ihereforo. if a man grants all his lands lie grants thereby all his mines of metal anil other... | |
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land" includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under it, or over it. 
