Tag: Legal history
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Primer Seisin
History of Primer Seisin Primer Seisin, which is usually regarded as a separate incident, and figures as such in Blackstone’s list, is perhaps better understood, not as an incident at all, but as a special procedure—effective and summary—whereby the Crown could enforce the four incidents […]
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Ecclesiastical Law
Definition of Ecclesiastical Law In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Ecclesiastical Law : (canon law, ecclesiastical law) Church law, such as the Roman Catholic Code of Canon Law and, in England, the law of the Church of England. Unless subsequently […]
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Escheat
History of Escheat Escheat, it has been said, “signifies the return of an estate to a lord, either on failure of issue from the tenant or upon account of such tenant’s felony.” (R. Thomson, Magna Charta, p. 236). This lucid description conveys a good general conception of escheat; but it […]
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Escheat
History of Escheat Escheat, it has been said, “signifies the return of an estate to a lord, either on failure of issue from the tenant or upon account of such tenant’s felony.” (R. Thomson, Magna Charta, p. 236). This lucid description conveys a good general conception of escheat; but it […]
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Wardship
History of Wardship Wardships are described in the Dialogus de Scaccario as “escheats along with the heir” (escaeta cum herede).(Hughes’ edition, p. 133). This expression does not occur elsewhere, but it would be impossible to find any description of wardship which throws more light on […]
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Apocha Trium Annorum
Description of Apocha Trium Annorum In this reference work, apocha trium annorum is a sort of the Scots law, Legal History category.[rtbs name=”scottish-law”] Resources See Also Scots law Legal History
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Close Rolls
The Rolls Series, which while not an exclusively legal source, contains much legal material (Source: the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Closed correspondence containing private instructions by kings to individuals, they include writs of summons of the peers, and writs of […]
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Close Rolls
The Rolls Series, which while not an exclusively legal source, contains much legal material (Source: the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Closed correspondence containing private instructions by kings to individuals, they include writs of summons of the peers, and writs of […]
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Record
Edward IV Records For information about this topic, please read the entry, in this legal Encyclopedia, about: Edward IV Records Record and Medieval Law Record and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Gwillim, Henry, and Charles Ellis, […]
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Bill of Rights
The name commonly used for the Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, passed by parliament in December 1689. Its concern -in accordance to Bamber Gascoigne´ Encyclopedia of Britain about “Bill of Rights”- was not with the rights of the individual subject. It dealt instead with […]
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Scutage
Scutage before the Carta Magna Introduction The Crown did not always insist on personal service, but was frequently willing to accept a commutation in the form of a money payment. The subject of scutage is one of the most vexed of questions, all received opinions of yesterday having to–day […]
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Assizes
Assizes History Courts sitting at regular intervals in each county of England and Wales to administer the civil and criminal law. In 1972 the civil jurisdiction of assizes was moved to the High Court and the criminal jurisdiction to the Crown Court. As early as 1179, This issue under the […]
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Adhere
Description of Adhere In this reference work, adhere is a sort of the Scots law category.[rtbs name=”scottish-law”] Resources See Also Insist On Scots law
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Ecclesiastical Courts
(Source: the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) No distinct system of ecclesiastical courts existed in England before the twelfth century. Rather, bishops of the church were also secular lords, who exercised their authority through the local assemblies. In the shire court, the […]
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Leet
Leet Court Leet Leet was an East Anglian term for a territorial and jurisdiction area, and court leet was a court held by right of franchise in which a private lord exercised the jurisdiction of the sheriff’s tourn. In the fourteenth century it spread over England. Leet jurisdiction was frequently exercised by lords of manors…