| George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1772 - 490 pages
...make free land to be villein land to his " lord. And where a villein purchafeth land in fee fim" pie, or in fee tail, the lord of the villein may enter...of this author's book relating to villenage, is any diftinfirion made by him between villeins, and fervi nativi, or bondmen ; but he ufes the former word... | |
| Sir Edward Coke - 1794 - 660 pages
...may enter into the land, and ouft the villeine and his heires forever; and after, the lord (if hee will) may let the fame land to the villein, to hold in villenage. " CT>E NUR E eu villenagt." Villeine is from the French word Lib. Rub. 76. •* -villainc, and that... | |
| Sir Edward Coke - 1809 - 756 pages
...leßer mefrne la terre a le ever ; and after, the lord (if hee will) villeine, a tener en villenage. may let the fame land to the villein, to hold in villenage. « TENURE en villcnage." Villeine is from the French word Lib. Rub. 76. villaine, and that a villa,... | |
| Sir Edward Coke, Sir Thomas Littleton, Thomas Coventry - 1830 - 716 pages
...purchases land in fee-simple, or in fee-tail, the lord of the villein may enter into the land, and oust the villein and his heirs for ever ; and after, the lord (if he will) may let the same land to the villeiti, to hold in villeinage. Villeinage is the service of a bondman. And yet a... | |
| Sir Thomas Littleton - 1846 - 276 pages
...fee simple, or in fee tail, the lord of the villein might have entered into the land, and have ousted the villein and his heirs for ever ; and after the lord (if he would) might have let the same land to the villein, to hold in villenage. NOTE. — Villenage has long... | |
| George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1769 - 512 pages
...land in fee fimple, or in fee '* tail, the lord of the villein may enter into the " land, and oull the villein and his heirs for ever. " And after, the...obferve, that neither here, nor in any other part of tihis author's book, relating to villenage, is any diftin«Stion made by him between "villeins and... | |
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