Medieval English Conveyances

Klappentext This book analyses the documents by which land was transferred from one person to another in medieval England. Zusammenfassung This book describes and comments on the documents by which land was transferred from one person to another in medieval England. Many different kinds of transaction are examined separately! and each type is illustrated by quotations from original deeds and discussed in connection with the law of the relevant period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Common clauses in deeds; 2. Grants in fee: general; 3. Grants in fee: special cases; 4. Grants in marriage, limited fee, and fee tail; 5. Grants in alms; 6. Women's realty; 7. Confirmations; 8. Grants for life and for lives; 9. Grants for terms of years; 10. Rents; 11. Exchanges; 12. Surrenders and releases; 13. Villeins and their lands.

Product details

• Authors: J. M. Kaye, J. M. (University of Oxford) Kaye, KAYE J M, Kaye J. M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.01.2012
• EAN: 9780521294447
• ISBN: 978-0-521-29444-7
• No. of pages: 430
• Series: Cambridge Studies in English L; Cambridge Studies in English Legal History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Legal History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Private or civil law: general