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Frank marriage

A certain tenure in tail special an estate of inheritance given to a man his wife the wife being of the

Feodality

Feudal tenure the feudal system See Feudality

Fee

property possession tenure

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leasehold

leasehold : a tenure of real property held by a lessee under a lease : a lessee's estate in the property ;also

Cornage

An ancient tenure of land which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn

Burgage

A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city

Frank-almoigne

Frank-almoigne, free alms. A spiritual tenure whereby religious corporations, aggregate or sole, held lands of the donor to them and their successors for ever.

Quia Emptores, Statute of

vendendis et emendis. Prior to this statute any person might, by a grant of land, have created a tenure as of his person; but if no such tenure were reserved, the feoffee held of the feoffor by

Knight-service

Knight-service, formerly the most universal and most honourable species of tenure, being entirely military; a feudal tenure. Abolished by 12 Car 2, c. 24. See TENURE.

Gavelkind

1834, the half blood inherit, for the (English) Inheritance Act, 1833 (s. 9), applied to land of every tenure (s. 1). This Act and the (English) Law of Properties Amendment Act, 1859, s. 19, still govern the

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