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Seisina facit stipitem

Seisina facit stipitem. Before the Inheritance Act 1833, the old rule of intestate succession to real estate was that

indistinct persons, and both entails were to be barred. To perfect the legal title, and to give a seisin to the demandant, a writ of habere facias seisinam must have been issued after judgment, and seisin duly

Wrong

before the Statute of Limitations has run in his favour, but as long as he remains he has seisin of the freehold to him and his heirs, 'because wrong is unlimited and revenues all that can be

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heir

law of Louisiana : an heir who inherits a right of action to the estate as distinguished from seisin NOTE: This class of heirs was eliminated as of January 1, 1982. Formerly, a decedent's illegitimate children and

Possessio fratris

Possessio fratris, a seisin to turn the descent away from the brother of the half-blood to the sister of the whole-blood; thus,

Feoffment

give a feud,] the transfer of freehold land, in ancient times, by word of mouth and livery of seisin, i.e., by the delivery to the transferee of corporal possession of the land or tenement; see 2 Bl.

Manor

rights and interests of copyholders are entirely apart from those of the freehold tenants of a manor.'--Williams on Seisin, p. 13. See Co. Litt. 58 a; Scriven on Copyholds, p. 1. A court baron is an essential

Ne injuste vexes

or paying more rent without constraint, then he needed; for, in that case, by reason of the lord's seisin, the tenant could not avoid it by avowry, but was driven to his writ for remedy, Fitz. N.B.

Non jus sed seisina facit stipitem

Non jus sed seisina facit stipitem. Fleta, 1. 6, (Not right, but seisin, makes a stock.) But see INHERITANCE.

Plenum dominium

of property, which possession could not be acquired without both an actual intention to possess, and an actual seisin or entry into the premises, or part of them, in the name of the whole, Civ. Law. See

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