A treatise of the principal grounds and maximes of the lawes of this nation very usefull and commodious for all students and such others as desire the knowledge and understandings of the laws / written by that most excellent and learned expositor of the law, W.N.

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Title
A treatise of the principal grounds and maximes of the lawes of this nation very usefull and commodious for all students and such others as desire the knowledge and understandings of the laws / written by that most excellent and learned expositor of the law, W.N.
Author
Noy, William, 1577-1634.
Publication
London :: Printed by T.N. for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, R. Best and G. Bedell ...,
1651.
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Subject terms
Law -- Great Britain.
Real property -- Great Britain.
Conveyancing -- Great Britain.
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"A treatise of the principal grounds and maximes of the lawes of this nation very usefull and commodious for all students and such others as desire the knowledge and understandings of the laws / written by that most excellent and learned expositor of the law, W.N." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A52567.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.

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45.

The Law regardeth the intent of the par∣ties, and will imply their words thereunto; and that which is taken by common intend∣ment, shall be taken to the intent of the par∣ties; and common intendment is not such an intendment as doth stand indifferent; but such an intent as hath the most vehement pre∣sumption. All incertaintie may be known

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by circumstances, every deed being done to some purpose, reason would that it should be construed to some purpose, and variance shall be taken most beneficial for him to whom it is made, and at election.

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