Lex custumaria, or, A treatise of copy-hold estates in respect of the lord, copy-holder wherein the nature of customs in general, and of particular customs, grants and surrenders, and their constructions and expositions in reference to the thing granted or surrendred, and the uses or limitations of estates are clearly illustrated : admittances, presentments, fines and forfeitures are fully handled, and many quaeries and difficulties by late resolution setled : leases, licences, extinquishments of copy-hold estates, and what statutes extend to copy-hold estates are explained : and also of actions by lord or tenant, and the manner of declaring and pleading, either generally or as to particular customs, with tryal and evidence holder may recieve relief in the Court of Chancery : to which are annexed presidents of conveyances respecting copy-holds, releases, surrenders, grants presentmets, and the like : as also presidents of court rolls, surrenders, admittances, presentments, &c. / by S.C., Barister at Law.

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Lex custumaria, or, A treatise of copy-hold estates in respect of the lord, copy-holder wherein the nature of customs in general, and of particular customs, grants and surrenders, and their constructions and expositions in reference to the thing granted or surrendred, and the uses or limitations of estates are clearly illustrated : admittances, presentments, fines and forfeitures are fully handled, and many quaeries and difficulties by late resolution setled : leases, licences, extinquishments of copy-hold estates, and what statutes extend to copy-hold estates are explained : and also of actions by lord or tenant, and the manner of declaring and pleading, either generally or as to particular customs, with tryal and evidence holder may recieve relief in the Court of Chancery : to which are annexed presidents of conveyances respecting copy-holds, releases, surrenders, grants presentmets, and the like : as also presidents of court rolls, surrenders, admittances, presentments, &c. / by S.C., Barister at Law.
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Carter, Samuel, barrister at law.
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London :: Printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins ... for John Walthoe and are to be sold in his shop ...,
1696.
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Subject terms
Copyhold -- Early works to 1800.
Conveyancing -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Conveyancing -- Early works to 1800.
Landlord and tenant -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Landlord and tenant -- Early works to 1800.
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"Lex custumaria, or, A treatise of copy-hold estates in respect of the lord, copy-holder wherein the nature of customs in general, and of particular customs, grants and surrenders, and their constructions and expositions in reference to the thing granted or surrendred, and the uses or limitations of estates are clearly illustrated : admittances, presentments, fines and forfeitures are fully handled, and many quaeries and difficulties by late resolution setled : leases, licences, extinquishments of copy-hold estates, and what statutes extend to copy-hold estates are explained : and also of actions by lord or tenant, and the manner of declaring and pleading, either generally or as to particular customs, with tryal and evidence holder may recieve relief in the Court of Chancery : to which are annexed presidents of conveyances respecting copy-holds, releases, surrenders, grants presentmets, and the like : as also presidents of court rolls, surrenders, admittances, presentments, &c. / by S.C., Barister at Law." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34802.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.

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Another form according to Littleton.

Ad hanc curiam venit A. de B. & sursum red∣didit in ead curia unum messuagium, &c. in manus Domini ad usum C. de D. & here∣dum suorum (vel hered de corpore suo exeun∣tium vel {pro} termino vite, &c.) Et super

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hoc venit predictus C. de D. & cepit de Do∣mino in ead curia messuaḡ pdict’, &c. Ha∣bendum & tenendum, sibi & heredibus suis (vel sibi & hered de corpore suo exeuntibus vel sibi ad terminum vite, &c. Ad vo∣luntatem Domini secundum consuetud ma∣nerij faciendo & reddendo inde redditus ser∣vitia & consuetudines inde prius debita & consueta, &c. Et dat Domino {pro} fine, &c. Et fecit Domino fidelitatem, &c.

Ad hanc curiam H. H. filius & heres W. H. defunct' sursum reddidit in manus Dom Ma∣nerij pdict’ per Senescallum pdict’ totum, &c. ad usum pdict’ H. {pro} termino vite sue, & post ejus decessum ad usum W. H. & heredibus suīs per se e corpore Mariae tunc Vxoris sue legitime pro∣creat’ sive procreand. Et {pro} defectu talis exitus ad usum rectorum heredum, &c. Et superinde ad istam eandem curiam vener pdict’ H. H. & W. H. in propriis personis suis et petunt se inde admitti tenentes, unde Dominus pdict’ per Se∣escalluu suu pdict’ secundum consuetudinem Manerij pdict’ concessit eisdem H. H. & W. H. ead tenementa cum pertinentiis Habend & tenend ead tenementa cum pertinentiis eid H. pro & durante vita sua naturali. Et post ejus deces∣sum eid W. & heredibus suis per se e corpore Mariae tunc Vxoris suis legitime procreat’ sive procreand & {pro} defectu talis exitus rectis, &c. imperpetuum secundum consuetud Manerij p̄dict’ & reddit’ Herriot sect’ curie consuet’ & servitia inde prius debit’ & de jure consuet’ & sic iidem H. & W. admissi sunt inde tenentes & dedere Do∣mino de fine {pro} tali ingressu suo sic inde habend quatuor libras & fecerunt Domino fidelitatem Dat’ sub Sigillo Senescalli pdict’ die & Anno supradicto. Per me S. E. Senescal

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