The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I.: The doctrines of English law in the early Middle Ages

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The University Press, 1898

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Protection of wrongful seisin 49 Relativity of seisin 50 Novelty
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Acquisition of seisin by an abator 61 Scope of the assize
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of entry 63 Writs sur disseisin 64 Scope of the action 64
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Relativity of ownership 77 Ancient history of owner
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Symbolic livery 85 AngloSaxon landbooks 87 Law in the Norman
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Possession under a fine 96 Fines in the Angevin age 96 Procedure
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Insecurity of the termor 107 Failure of the old doctrine
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The termor and the writ of trespass 108 Further protection of
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Glanvills gage 120 Disappearance of the Glanvillian gage
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as a thing 125 Rights of lord against tenant 125 Contract
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kinds of rents 129 Nontenurial rents 130 Rents charge as things
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Actions for advowsons 137 Conveyance of advowsons 138 Seisin
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Mobilia
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the action 162 Defence of birth and rearing 163 Defence by voucher
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of bailees 170 The bailor and the third hand 172 Action of detinue
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the bailor property? 176 Evolution of ownership 177 Pecuniary
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the formal contract 186 The handgrasp
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written document as a form 192 English law in cent xii 193
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debt in Glanvill 204 Rarity of actions of debt 205 Proprietary
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Doctrine of quid pro quo 212 Gratuitous gifts and promises in early
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Covenants in the local courts 222 Sealed documents 223 History
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Chattels held to the use of another 229 Lands held
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INHERITANCE pp 240363
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as a unit 240 No clans in England 241 No permanent organization
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Coownership and aliquot shares 247 Birthrights 248 History
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Representation in modern law 256 Representation
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Influence of feudalism 261 Primogeniture 262 Primo
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In Glanvill and Bracton 268 Partible lands 270 Gavelkind
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Spread of primogeniture 273 Inheritance by
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Casus Regis
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The question in Glanvill 289 Effect of homage on inheritance
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Inheritance among collaterals 295 The parentelic system
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admissible stocks 300 Worthiness of blood 301 The halfblood
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The heirs consent to conveyances 309 Disappearance
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The written cwide 319 The right to bequeath 320 Wills and death
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Prohibited degrees 387 Affinity 388 Marriage
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Husband and Wife pp 399436
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bands land 404 3 Wifes chattels 404 4 Husbands chattels
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rights in wifes land 409 Alienation of wifes land 409 The wifes
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Wifes rights during marriage 422 Alienation by husband 424
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Husbands death 428 Wifes death 428 Wifes testament 429
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Paternal power in ancient times 436 The tutelage of women
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Paternal power in cent xiii 438 Infancy and majority 438 Pro
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The Ancient Law pp 449462
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Kinds of punishment 452 Crime and revenue 453 Cnuts pleas of
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Causes of the change 462 The kings peace 463 Felony
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Import of felony 467 Premeditated assault 468 Malice aforethought
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Roman influence
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Homicide by young children
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Larceny
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Early history of treason 503 Elements of treason 504 Treason
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Review of the felonies
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Minor punishments 513 Amercements 513 Imprisonment
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and specific relief 523 Growth of actions for damages 524 The days
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Masters liability 528 Recent history of masters liability 528 Liability
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England and continental heresy 546 Heresy in England 547 Heresy
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CHAPTER IX
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the forms 559 The formulary system not of Roman origin 559 Roman
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Distress and seisin
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Summary justice in the kings court 579 Summary justice and outlawry
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Arrest after accusation 583 Mainprise 584 Replevisable prisoners
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tuary and abjuration 590 Civil process 591 Forbearance of medieval
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Specific relief 595 Final process 596 Costs
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Ancient modes of proof 598 The ordeal 598 Proof by battle
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Function of the suitors 606 Number of the suitors 607 The defence
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of pleading 615 The exception and the jury 616 Proof of exceptions
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element in the jury 623 Communal element in the jury 624 Quasi
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Trial by battle 632 Wager of law 634 The decisory oath 636 Trial
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Voucher to warranty 662 Appellate proceedings
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words
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Página 178 - ... the buyer shall accept part of the goods or choses in action so contracted to be sold or sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the contract, or in part payment, or unless some note or memorandum in writing of the contract or sale be signed by the party to be charged or his agent in that behalf.
Página 200 - ... the movement of. the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract.
Página 295 - ... pars multae regi vel civitati, pars ipsi, qui vindicatur, vel propinquis eius exsolvitur.
Página 369 - English trait of our medieval law, its "formulary system" of actions. We call it distinctively English ; but it is also, in a certain sense, very Roman. While the other nations of western Europe were beginning to adopt as their own the ultimate results of Roman legal history, England was unconsciously reproducing that history...
Página 35 - On the whole we may say that the possession of land which the law protects under the name of a "seisin of freehold," is the occupation of land by one who has come to it otherwise than as tenant in villeinage, tenant at will, tenant for term of years or guardian, that occupation being exercised by himself, his servants, guardians, tenants in villeinage, tenants at will or tenants for term of years. This seems the best statement of the matter: — occupation of land is seisin of free tenement unless...
Página 369 - The man who has a quarrel with his neighbor comes thither to choose his weapon. The choice is large; but he must remember that he will not be able to change weapons in the middle of the combat and also that every weapon has its proper use and may be put to none other. If he selects a sword, he must observe the rules of sword play; he must not try to use his cross-bow as a mace.
Página P-324 - That the offender be drawn to the gallows, and not be carried or walk: though usually (by connivance,^ 1 at length ripened by humanity into law) a sledge or hurdle is allowed, to preserve the offender from the extreme torment of being dragged on the ground or pavement.
Página 431 - At one of these the model is the conduct of the man of science who is making researches in his laboratory and will use all appropriate methods for the solution of problems and the discovery of truth. At the other stands the umpire of our English games, who is there, not in order that he may invent tests for the powers of the two sides, but merely to see that the rules of the game are observed. It is towards the second of these ideals that our English medieval procedure is strongly inclined.
Página 63 - Thus our law of the thirteenth century seems to recognize in its practical working the relativity of ownership. One story is good until another is told. One ownership is valid until an older is proved. No one is ever called upon to demonstrate an ownership good against all men; he does enough even in a proprietary action if he proves an older right than that of the person whom he attacks.
Página 368 - It was not common to keep men in prison. This apparent leniency of our law was not due to any love of an abstract liberty. Imprisonment was costly and troublesome.

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