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.

About this Item

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.
Rights/Permissions

To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.

Subject terms
Law -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Link to this Item
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A00741.0001.001
Cite this Item
"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.

Pages

Statutes.

Magn. Chart. cap. 8. The pledges shall

Page 297

bee free so long as the principall debtor is sufficient. And answering the debt, shall haue the lands and rents of the principall till they be satisfied.

2. Ric. 2. cap. 12. No Wardein of the Fleet shall suffer any prisoner in execution to go out of prison by mainprise, baile, ba∣ston, without making gree to the partie, vnlesse by Writ, or other commandement of the King, vpon paine to lose his office, and the party to haue a writ of debt against him.

33 H. 6. cap. 10. Euery obligation taken by a Sherife or his ministers by colour of their office, of any person in their Ward by course of Law, shall bee by the name of their office, and vpon condition that the prisoners appeare at the day and place men∣tioned in the Writs, Bills and Warrants, taken in any other forme, it shall bee void.

32. H. 8. cap. 37. The Executors or Admi∣nistrators of him that hath any rent or fee farme in fee in taile, or for life, shall haue an action of debt for the arrerages, in the Testators life time against the tenants that should then haue paied it. Or may distreine (and make auowrie vpon his matter) in the lands so long as they remaine in the posses∣sion of the said Tenant, or of any claiming onely from him.

Page 298

A husband seised of any such estate any rent or fee farme in his wiues right, shall (after her death) himselfe, his Execu∣tors, or administrators, haue the same reme∣die for arrerages due in her life.

So of him his Executors and administra∣tors, that hath a rent or fee farme during a∣nothers life, & cesti qui vi, die, the same be∣ing vnpayed.

Do you have questions about this content? Need to report a problem? Please contact us.