An exposition of certaine difficult and obscure words, and termes of the lawes of this realme, newly set forth & augmented, both in French & English, for the help of such yong students, as are desirous to attaine to the knowledge of the same
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An exposition of certaine difficult and obscure words, and termes of the lawes of this realme, newly set forth & augmented, both in French & English, for the help of such yong students, as are desirous to attaine to the knowledge of the same
Author
Rastell, John, d. 1536.
Publication
At London :: Printed by th'assignee of Charles Yetsweirt Esq. deceased. Cum priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis,
1595.
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Subject terms
Law -- England -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1800.
Law -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
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"An exposition of certaine difficult and obscure words, and termes of the lawes of this realme, newly set forth & augmented, both in French & English, for the help of such yong students, as are desirous to attaine to the knowledge of the same." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A10426.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2025.
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435 Wast.
WAst is where tenant for terme of yéeres, te∣nant for terme of ••••fe, or te∣nant for terme of anothers life, tenant in dower, or te∣nant by the curtesie or gar∣dein in chiualry doth make wast or destruction vpō the land, that •••• to say, pu••••eth downe the house, or cut∣teth downe ••i••ber▪ or suf∣fereth the house willing∣••y to fa••••▪ or diggeth the ground, ther hee in the re∣uersion shall haue▪ one writ for that wast▪ and shall re∣coue•• the place where the wast is done, & t••••ble dam∣mages. And if a man cut downe ••••mb••r without li∣ce••ce and therewith repai∣reth old houses, yet that is no wast. But if he with the timber builde a newe
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house, then y• cutting down of such timber is wast. Al∣so the cutting downe of vnderwood or willowes, which is no timber shall not be said wast, but if they grow in y• sight or shadow of the house.
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