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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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.
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London :: Printed [by Adam Islip] for the Societie of Stationers,
1627.
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Law -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A00741.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 12, 2024.
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Prerogatiue.
The King shal haue the wardship of bo∣die,* 1.1though the tenure of him be by poste∣rioritie. But his Grantee of the Seigniory shal not.
The eldest child(a) 1.2 whether son or daugh∣ter, being heire apparent to the father, shal not be in ward for his bodie during his fa∣thers life. But if one hauing a sonne, take * 1.3 a wife seised of Knights seruice, and hath another sonne by her, and after the wife di∣eth: this second sonne shall be in ward du∣ring his fathers life, vnlesse the husband be intituled to be tenant by curtesie.