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seise

seise var of seize

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Uses

in possessionem transferendis. It became a pivot of English conveyancing. Its effect was that where any person was seised to the use of another, then the person enjoying the use was to be deemed to have the

Presentation

two months), 28 days for inquiry before instituting (see INSTITUTION) the clergyman presented by the patron. All persons seised in fee, in tail or for life, or possessed of a term for years of a manor to

Possessio fratris

if the father died, and his lands descended to his eldest son, A., who entered thereon, and died seised without issue, still B. could not be heir to this estate, because he was only of the half-blood

Manor

services: of demesnes, that is, of lands of which the freeholder, now become lord of a manor, is seised in his demesne as of fee; of services, namely, of such yearly rent, called rent service, and other

Qu' plura

lay where an inquisition had been taken by an escheator of lands, etc., of which a man died seised, and all the land was supposed not to be found by the office or inquisition; it was to

Power

The legal interest is not divested by the execution of the power, but equity will compel the person seised of it to clothe the estate created with the legal right. Powers deriving their effect from the Statute

Per my et per tout

the combination of entirety of interest with the power of transferring in equal shares, are said to be seised per my et per tout. 'And this,' says Littleton, 'is as much as to say, as he is

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