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" It might belong to the church, to the king, or to a subject. It might be alienable and devisable, at the will of the proprietor. It might be limited in its descent, without any power of alienation in the possessor. It was often granted for a single life,... "
Reeves' History of the English Law: From the time of the Romans to the end ... - Page 10
by John Reeves, William Francis Finlason - 1869
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Ancient Laws and Institutes of England: Comprising Laws Enacted ..., Volume 2

Great Britain - Canon law - 1840 - 680 pages
...colère. BOCHERUS. See BEO-CEORL. BOC-LAND (п.), ' land held by book or charter. It was land that had been severed by an act of government from the...into an estate of perpetual inheritance. It might belong to the church, to the king, or to a subject It might be alienable and devisable at the will...
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View of the state of Europe during the Middle ages. 2 vols. [with ..., Volume 1

Henry Hallam - 1848 - 450 pages
...) it accurately from bocland : — " Prredia Boclancl was held by book or charter. It was land that had been severed by an act of government from the...into an estate of perpetual inheritance. It might belong to the church, to the king, or to a subject. It might be alienable and devisable, at the will...
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Supplemental Notes to the View of the State of Europe During the ..., Volume 3

Henry Hallam - Europe - 1848 - 450 pages
...it accurately from bocland : — '• i'ra-dia Bocland was held by book or charter. It was land that had been severed by an act of government from the...converted into an estate of perpetual inheritance. It migbt belong to the church, to the king, or to a subject. It might be alienable and devisable, at the...
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Consuetudines Kanciae: A History of Gavelkind, and Other Remarkable Customs ...

Charles Sandys - England Land - 1851 - 408 pages
...Kemble's Cod. Diplom., Introd. p. ciii-cvi." BOC-LAND. " Land held by book or charter. It was land that had been severed by an act of government from the...into an estate of perpetual inheritance. It might belong to the church, to the king, or to a subject. It might be alienable, and devisable at the will...
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View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages, Volume 2

Henry Hallam - Europe - 1853 - 446 pages
...was again distributed by the same authority.* " Bocland was held by book or charter. It was land that had been severed by an act of government from the...into an estate of perpetual inheritance. It might belong to the church, to the king, or to a subject. It might be alienable and devisable, at the will...
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View of the state of Europe during the Middle ages. 2 vols. [with ..., Volume 2

Henry Hallam - 1856 - 446 pages
...was again distributed by the same authority." " Bocland was held by book or charter. It was land that had been severed by an act of government from the...into an estate of perpetual inheritance. It might belong to the church, to the king, or to a subject. It might be alienable and devisable, at the will...
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Reeves' History of the English Law: From the time of the Romans to the end ...

John Reeves, William Francis Finlason - Law - 1869 - 686 pages
...freeman enjoyed his land, and folcland was one of those rights. The same learned author defines bucland as '' land held by book or charter — that is, land which had been severed by ли act of government from the folcland, and converted into an estate of perpetual inheritance. It...
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View of the state of Europe during the Middle ages. With additions from ...

Henry Hallam - 1871 - 672 pages
...was again distributed by the same authority. " Borland was held by book or charter. It was land that had been severed by an act of government from the...into an estate of perpetual inheritance. It might belong to the church, to the king, or to a subject. It might be alienable and devisable at the will...
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A Manual of Constitutional History Founded on the Works of Hallam, Creasy ...

Forrest Fulton - Constitutional history - 1875 - 340 pages
...was again distributed by the same authority. Bocland was held by book or charter. It was land that had been severed by an act of government from the...into an estate of perpetual inheritance. It might belong to the church, to the king, or to a subject. It might be alienable and devisable at the will...
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Reeves' History of the English Law, from the Time of the Romans to ..., Volume 1

John Reeves - Law - 1879 - 504 pages
...Mention is made in the Anglo-Saxon laws of land held in common by the ceorls or husbandmen (Laws of Inn, s. 42). Folc-right was the original unwritten understood...the will of the proprietor, and might be limited in its descent, and it was forfeited by various delinquencies to the state." lie adds, — " Estates in...
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