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4 June 1806
A release ... a greater estate's
descending upon a less. II 326.
A surrender is the falling
of a less estate into a greater
by deed. II 326.
A convenant to stand seized
to of uses by which a man
.... is put at once into corporal
possession of land ... by
a kind of parliamentary magic.
II 238
The king's excellency is so high
in the law, that no freeholds
may be given to the king, nor
derived from him but by
matter . II 346
Grants made by the king
are ex speciali gratia, certa
scientia, et mers motu
regis. II 347.
King's grants void, if
informal or made under
a misconception II 348
Assurance to an estate
by a fictitious fine. II 348
Fictitious action of recovering
to obtain possession of an
estate. II 357
For lands obtained by
recovery a possibility, in contemplation
of law, of an
equivalent being obtained
from the common recovery II 360
In surrenders a symbol
used to represent the estate. II 366
Copyholds cannot be exchanged
but by mutual
surrendry to each others
use. II 367
A devise to a corporation
for a charitable use is
valid, as operating in
the nature of an appointment,
rather than that
of a bequest. II 376
A man to whom a legacy
is left not allowed to be
a good witness to a will because
in the security for
his legacy would be on the
real estate, in the other
only on the personal assets. II 377.
By law, things moveable
considered as of less value
than things immoveable. II 384.
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Essential to realty immobility.
II 386
Corporal investiture &c
livery of seisin ... gives the
Tenant so strong a hold
of ... land, that it never
after can be wrested
from him during his life
bu but etc. II 386.
The law will not presuppose
contingency to happen
before it actually
does. II 387.
A man may have absolute
property in animals
domitae but not in animals
ferae naturae. II 390
A man may have a
qualified property in them
[bees] by the law of nature
as well as by the civil
law. II 392
It is ... felony ... to steal
such [animals] as are fit
for food, as it is to steal
tame animals.. but not
so if they are kept
for pleasure, curiosity, whim
etc ... because their II 393
value is not intrinsic
By the law of nature,
every man ... has an
equal right of ... taking
... all such creatures
as are ferae naturae.
II 411.
Upon the principles
of the feudal law ... the
king is the ultimate
proprietor of all the
lands in the kingdom.
II 415.
A prescription presumes
a grant. II 418.
If a man starts any
game within his own grounds
& follows it into another's, &
kills it there, the property
remains in himself. And
this is grounded on reason
& natural justice. II 419
Particular crimes and
misdemeanors ... are ... offences
against the divine law,
either natural or revealed.
II 420
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In judgment of law a
corporation never dies.
II 430.
Chamberlain of London
a corporation sole. II 432
Husband & wife ... are one
person in law; so that the
very being & existence of
the woman is suspended
during the coverture, or
entirely merged and incorporatio
in that of the
husband. II 433.
Penalties to Informers II 438.
The ... right to a satisfaction
for injuries is given by
the law of nature. II 438.
In ... conveying an estate
less than freehold .... [it is]
usually expressed to be made
in consideration of blood,
or natural affection, or
of 5 or 10s nominally paid
to the grantor. II 440
Implied Contracts - II 443
If cloth be delivered ... to a
taylor to make a suit of
cloaths he has it upon an
implied contract to render
it again when made. II 452
By common a man's removing
his goods privately to
prevent their being seized
was no act of bankruptcy.
II 479
Succession ab intestato, presumed
to be according to
the will of the deceased.
II 490.
Persons ... born deaf, dumb
blind & dumb ... as they
want the common inlets
of understanding, are
incapable of having animum
testandi, & their
testaments are therefore
void. II 479
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