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Old tenures
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tenure
tenure [Anglo-French, feudal holding, from Old French teneüre, from Medieval Latin tenitura, ultimately from Latin tenēre to hold] 1 : the act, manner, duration, … tenure [Anglo-French, feudal holding, from Old French teneüre, from Medieval Latin tenitura, ultimately from Latin tenēre to hold] 1
Magna Carta
his heir be of full age, and oweth to us relief, he shall have his inheritance by the old relief; that is to say, the heir or heirs of an earl, for a whole earldom, by one … renewal of this oppressive system at the restoration of the second Charles, that the provision annihilating these feudal tenures, contained in the statute 12 Car. 2, c. 24, simply embodied this wholesome law of the Commonwealth and
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Tenure
confusion in the books as to ancient demesne; see ANCIENT DEMESNE, and the authorities there referred to. The old Saxon ecclesiastical tenures, which were continued under the Normans, are these: (1) Frankalmoigne [free alms], by which religious
Pimp-tenure
Pimp-tenure, a very singular and odious kind of tenure mentioned by our old writers, 'Wilhelmus Hoppeshort tenet dimidiam virgatam terr' per servitium custodiendi sex damisellas, scil. Meretrices ad usum domini regis.'-12 … Pimp-tenure, a very singular and odious kind of tenure mentioned by our old writers, 'Wilhelmus Hoppeshort tenet dimidiam virgatam terr' per servitium custodiendi sex damisellas, scil. Meretrices
Cornage
and by this tenure many persons held their lands northward about the place commonly called Picts' Wall. This old service of horn-blowing was afterwards paid in money, and the sheriffs accounted for it under the title of … Cornage [fr. Cornu, Lat., a horn], a kind of tenure in grand serjeanty, the service of which was to blow a horn when any invasion of the Scots
Pryk
Pryk, a kind of tenure. Blount says it signifies an old-fashioned spur with one point only, which the tenant, holding land by this tenure, was to find for the … Pryk, a kind of tenure. Blount says it signifies an old-fashioned spur with one point only, which the tenant, holding land by this
First fruits
First fruits, an incident to the old feudal tenures, being one year's profits of the land after the death of a tenant, which belonged to
Coparceners or parceners
the tenure depended on that descent except in cases where the heir is still ascertainable by under the old law, under s. 132 of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, see (English) Administration of Estates Act,1925, … has been prevented by (English) A.E. Act, 1925, s. 45, which abolished descent to the heir ,since the tenure depended on that descent except in cases where the heir is still ascertainable by under the old law,
Hasp and staple
Hasp and staple, the old form of the entry of an heir into premises held by burgage tenure in Scotland-Bell's Dict. … Hasp and staple, the old form of the entry of an heir into premises held by burgage tenure in Scotland-Bell's Dict.
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