Jurisdictions: or, The lawful authority of courts leet, courts baron, court of marshallseys, court of pypowder, and ancient demesne : together with the most necessary learning of tenures, and all their incidents, of essoynes, imparlance, view; of all manner of pleadings, of contracts, of the nature of all sorts of actions, of maintenance; of diverse other things, very profitable for all students of innes of court and chancery : and a most perfect directory for all stewards of any the sayd courts. / Heretofore writ in French by the methodically learned, John Kitchin of Grays-Inne, Esq; and now most exactly rendred to more ample advantage in the English tongue; with a demonstrative table, pointing out all matter of consequence, throughout the whole work. Whereunto is added the authentick formes of all manner of writs, with their severall returnes in English, very usefull for all men in this Common-wealth, as they be now used.

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Jurisdictions: or, The lawful authority of courts leet, courts baron, court of marshallseys, court of pypowder, and ancient demesne : together with the most necessary learning of tenures, and all their incidents, of essoynes, imparlance, view; of all manner of pleadings, of contracts, of the nature of all sorts of actions, of maintenance; of diverse other things, very profitable for all students of innes of court and chancery : and a most perfect directory for all stewards of any the sayd courts. / Heretofore writ in French by the methodically learned, John Kitchin of Grays-Inne, Esq; and now most exactly rendred to more ample advantage in the English tongue; with a demonstrative table, pointing out all matter of consequence, throughout the whole work. Whereunto is added the authentick formes of all manner of writs, with their severall returnes in English, very usefull for all men in this Common-wealth, as they be now used.
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Kitchin, John.
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London :: Printed by T: Roycroft, for M: Walbanke at Grays-Inne Gate, and H: Twyford, in Vine Court in the Middle Temple,
1651.
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Courts baron and courts leet
Courts of special jurisdiction -- England
Pleading -- England
Writs -- England
Real property -- England
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"Jurisdictions: or, The lawful authority of courts leet, courts baron, court of marshallseys, court of pypowder, and ancient demesne : together with the most necessary learning of tenures, and all their incidents, of essoynes, imparlance, view; of all manner of pleadings, of contracts, of the nature of all sorts of actions, of maintenance; of diverse other things, very profitable for all students of innes of court and chancery : and a most perfect directory for all stewards of any the sayd courts. / Heretofore writ in French by the methodically learned, John Kitchin of Grays-Inne, Esq; and now most exactly rendred to more ample advantage in the English tongue; with a demonstrative table, pointing out all matter of consequence, throughout the whole work. Whereunto is added the authentick formes of all manner of writs, with their severall returnes in English, very usefull for all men in this Common-wealth, as they be now used." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A87798.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 31, 2024.

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Feoffment to diverse, and livery to one, where both take, and where not; and where one makes a Letter of Attor∣ney by words, is not good.

A Man makes a Feoffment by Deed to twenty, and de∣livers the Deed and Seisin to one, in the name of all, this is good to them all, but if he enfeoffe twenty with∣out Deed, and Delivers seisin to one in name of all, this is good to him onely: Time of H. 8. Br: Feoffment 72.15 Ed. 4. fol. 18. and 10 E. 4. fol. 1. by Choke.

Tenant enfeoffs the Lord and another, and makes live∣ry to the other, nothing vests in the Lord, without his a∣greement, 10 E. 4. fol. 12.6 E. 4. fol. 4.

Where a Corporation and another are enfeoffed, livery to one is not good to both, for that, that they take in Common, and for that livery shall be to both of them, 7 H. 7. fol. 9. by Hussey.

Attorney by word cannot make livery, 19 H. 8. fol. 9. by Shelley and Englefeild.

A man enfeoffe foure by Deed, and one makes letter of Attorney to J. S. to take seifin for him and the rest, and he takes seisin accordingly, the residue take nothing by the seisin, 17 H. 8. Br: Feoff. 67.

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