 | James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 pages
...knighthood, or in case of refusal, to pay a fine to the king; " and when," remarks an elegant legal writer, " by these deductions his fortune was so shattered and...allowed him, without paying an exorbitant fine for a licence of alienation." Let the admirers of the " olden times" look back upon this complicated system... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1827 - 916 pages
...guardian had bartered for, and imposed upon him ; or twice that value, if he married another woman. Blackstone( licence of alienation. A. slavery so complicated, and so extensive as this, called aloud for a remedy... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 856 pages
...him ; or twice that value, if he married another woman. Add to this, the untimely and expensive honor of knighthood, to make his poverty more completely...allowed him, without paying an exorbitant fine for a licence of alienation. A slavery so complicated and so extensive as this called aloud for a remedy... | |
 | John Wainwright - 1829 - 444 pages
...completely splendid. And when, by these deductions, his fortune was so shattered and ruined, that perchance he was obliged to sell his patrimony, he had not even that poor privilege allowed him, without paying, as above, an exorbitant 6ne for a license."* Exactions, extortions, and imposts, so oppressive, were... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1836 - 852 pages
...guardian had bartered for, and imposed upon him ; or twice that value, if he married another woman. Add to this, the untimely and expensive honour of...not even that poor privilege allowed him, without pay ing an exorbitant fine for a license of alienation. occasional mid A slavery so complicated, and... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE - 1837 - 468 pages
...completely splendid. And when by these deductions his fortune was so shattered and ruined, that perhaps be was obliged to sell his patrimony, he had not even...allowed him, without paying an exorbitant fine for a licence of alienation. A slavery so complicated, and so extensive as this, called aloud for a remedy... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1838 - 910 pages
...140. 1 7. (у) Old Ten. lit. Eicaage M Litt. ф 97. 120. (г) t> 103. (d) Commonw. 1. 3, c. 3. pensive honour of knighthood, to make his poverty more completely...allowed him without paying an exorbitant fine for a licence of alienation. A slavery so complicated, and so extensive as this, called aloud for a remedy... | |
 | 1850 - 616 pages
...splendid. And when, by ;e deductions, bis fortune was so shattered and ruined that perhaps he was ned to sell his patrimony, he had not even that poor privilege allowed him, jout paying an exorbitant fine for a license of alienation.'"* f this was the condition of the nobles,... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - 1841 - 626 pages
...guardian had bartered for, and imposed upon him; or twice that value, if he married another woman. Add to this, the untimely and expensive honour of...allowed him, without paying an exorbitant fine for a licence of alienation. A slavery so complicated, and so extensive as this, called aloud for a remedy,... | |
 | Sir Thomas Littleton - 1841 - 794 pages
...guardian had bartered for, and imposed upon him ; or twice that value, if he married another woman. Add to this, the untimely and expensive honour of...allowed him, without paying an exorbitant fine for a licence of alienation.— BC ii. 76. CHAP, iv.] LYTTLETON'S TENURES. 139 But if such tenant dieth,... | |
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... and guardian had bartered for, and imposed upon him; or twice that value if he married another woman. Add to this the untimely and • expensive honour of knighthood, to make his poverty more completely splendid. • And when, by these deductions,... 
