Lavv, or, a discourse thereof in foure bookes. Written in French by Sir Henrie Finch Knight, his Maiesties Serieant at Law. And done into English by the same author.

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Title: Lavv, or, a discourse thereof in foure bookes. Written in French by Sir Henrie Finch Knight, his Maiesties Serieant at Law. And done into English by the same author.
Author: Finch, Henry, Sir, d. 1625.
Publication: London :: Printed [by Adam Islip] for the Societie of Stationers,; 1627.
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Subject terms: Law -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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Statutes.

Mag chart. ca. 3. The lord shal take Ho∣mage of the heire before he haue wardship.

Marl c. 6. If one infeoffe his heirs within age to cause the lord to lose his Wardship, & die, yet the lord shal haue the wardship.

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So when a fraudulent feoffement is made by a Tenant, vpon condition to reuers, af∣ter certaine yeares, to him or his heires, if the feoffees pay not a certaine summe, to the value, or more than the value of the Land. In this case the Lord shall haue a Writ, de custodia reddenda; and if (being able to auerre this matter) hee recouer, yet the feoffees shall haue the Land againe, when the heires come to age. The Lord not being able to auerre this, shall render the feoffees their costs and damages.

32. H. 8. Cap. 1. Two Iointenants or more, and the heires of one holding of the King, and he that fee dieth, the King shall presently haue the wardship and marriage of the body of his heire, if hee be within age. Sauing to euery woman her dower of two parts of those lands, deuided from the third part, as aboue said, and not otherwise, and sauing to the King during the Wards minority, the reuersion of such Iointe∣nants, and Tenants in dower.

Magna Chart. Cap. 3. The heire be∣ing made Knight within age, yet the land shall remaine in the Lords custodie to the end of the tearme.

The wife shall be barted of her dower, both dower (a) 1.1 at the Common law, and dower (b) 1.2 ex assensu patris, or, (c) 1.3 ad ostium ecclesiae, so long as she deteineth the heire

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from him. But in pleading she must shew * 1.4 the heires name, and whether it be male or female.

Wardship of the bodie giueth the Wards * 1.5 marriage to the Lord, as a thing of meere right, pertaining to him. And that whe∣ther he will be married by the Lord or not.

Notes

(a) 1.1

2 H. 7. 6.

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(b) 1.2

4 H. 3. dower. 174.

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(c) 1.3

11 H. 3. dower 187.

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* 1.4

2 H. 7. 6.

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* 1.5

2 H. 7. 9.

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