Cornage, 84, 87.

Corodies, 33.

Corporate stock, personal property, 17.

Corporations, franchises, 32; mortmain, 65; escheat, 369, 474.

Corporeal hereditaments, 23, 24, 36.

Court Baron, 73.

Court leet, 73.

Covenant to stand seised, 153, 503.

Coverture. See Marriage.

Creditors, rights, 38, 62, 401, 402-406, 525-531.

Curtesy, 263-268; in uses, 152.

Custom and prescription, 495-501.
Customary court, 73, 126.

Customary freehold, 118.

D.

Dedication, 446.

Deed, 430, 512.

Demesne, 39, 52, 207.

Descent, 55, 412-415, 447-456; canons of, 454; in United States, 456.

Descent cast, 468.

Devise, 513-524; by custom, 513. See Will.

Devise, contingent, 346-350; executory, 376-380.

Donis conditionalibus, statute de, 234, 235, 236.

Dower, 100, 268-278; in uses, 152; effect of Statute of Uses on, 155,

159; how barred, 271, 273, 384.

Earle v. Fiske, 543.

Easements, 4, 22, 401.

Edwards v. Sleater, 385.

Ejectment, 287.

Elegit, estate by, 306, 526, 528.

Emblements, 259, 291-293.

Eminent domain, 532.

Enrolments, Statute of, 505.

E.

Entiretics, tenancy by, 196-198.

Entry, rights of, 301, 358-363, 401, 458, 459, 468, 469.

Equitable estates, 165-178, 401; nature of, 169; limitation of, 168,
tail, 252.

397-400;

Equitable ownership, 140-178.

Equity, courts of. See Chancery.

Equity of redemption, 404.

Escheat, 107, 119, 210, 211, 363, 366-369, 401, 413, 415, 470-474; in
New York, 136; of corporate lands, 369, 474.

Escheat, writ of, 470.

Escuage. See Scutage.

Estate, meaning of term, 200, 203.

Estates, 199-402; of freehold, 199-280; not of freehold, 281-258; con-
ditional, 300-315; future, 316-369, 370-400. See Fee Simple,
Fee Tail, Life Estates, Leaseholds, Tenancy at Will, Tenancy
at Sufferance, Equitable Estates.

Estoppel, 512, 535-541.

Estovers, common of, 30, 258.

Execution, 529-530.

Executory devises, 376-380.

Executory uses, 370-375.

Expectant estates, 362. See Estates, Future.

F.

Farmer, 70.

Fealty, 78, 103, 106; tenure by, 80, 107; in United States, 131.
Fee, meaning of term, 39, 55, 206, 207; acquires heritability, 58.
Fee farm, 35, 98.

Fee simple, 201, 204-230; meaning of term, 205; pure, 204-211;
limited, 211-219; creation of, 219-230; base, 205; conditional,

210-212.

Fee tail, 201, 231-252; nature of, 238-249; varieties of, 240-243;
in United States, 250-252; after possibility of issue extinct,
278-280; conveyance of, 324.

Felony, forfeiture for, 471-474, 475-479, 483.

Feoffee to uses, 150.

Feoffment, 78, 317, 416-421; meaning of term, 418; tortious opera-
tion of, 419, 421, 482-485; in New York, 421.

Feud, 50, 55; alienability of, 60.

Feudal system, 38.

Feudal tenure, 46, 49. 50, 51, 78; growth of, at expense of allodial,

45; incidents of, 100-108; decay of, 109-120; burdensome
character of, III; how affected by Stat. 12 Car. II, c. 24, 112,
116-117; abolished in New York, 135.

Forfeiture, 415; on alienation, 102; for felony, 107, 475-479; for
waste, 479-481; for breach of condition, 482-485, 300-315.

Franchise, 4, 24, 32.

Frankalmoign, 51, 70, 78, 82, 106, 115, 118.

Frauds, Statute of, 520.

Free-bench, 273.

Freehold, descent of, 14; meaning of term, 24, 70; estates of, 199-
280; estates not of, 281-298; in futuro, 328; in United States,
381-382.

Freehold tenure, 78. See Fee Simple, Fee Tail, Life Estates.
Future estates, 316-369, 370-400; statutory, 381-382.

Heirs, 56; word of limitation, 59, 209, 350-357; in fee simple, 219-
230; in fee tail, 231, 243. See Descent, Shelly's Case, Rule in.
Hereditaments, 24. See Corporeal Hereditaments, Incorporeal
Hereditaments.

Highways, 410.

Homage, 78, 102, 103; tenure by, 114; in United States, 132.

ancestral, 82.

Honour, 72. See Manor.

Husband, title to wife's property, 486-491.

Hypotheca, 404.

I.

Idle v. Cook, 206.

Immovables, 5, 41.

Incidents of feudal tenure, 100-108, 111, 112, 116-117, 135.
Incorporeal hereditaments, 4, 22, 26, 36, 401; conveyance of, 430;
creation of, 495-501.

Inheritance, 56; estates of, 201.

Inheritance Act, 454.

Innocent conveyances, 484, 485. See Grant.

Interesse termini, 286.

Iseham v. Morrice, 506.

J.

Johns v. Johns, 16.

Johnson v. Norway, 369.

Joint ownership, 179-198.

Joint tenancy, 179-185; in New York, 185.

Jointure, 155; Stat. Uses, 159, 274.

Jus proprietatis, 463.

K.

Kent, tenures in, 85, 86, 135, 450.

Knight's fee, 79.

Knight service, 51, 69, 79, 80, 86, 93; abolished, 112; descent of lands,

447.

L.

Land, meaning of term, 24, 25.

Lease, 281, 285;

and Release, 324, 505-508, 509.

Leaseholds, origin of, 12, 13; descent of, 14, 286; estates, 281-289;

Life estates, 253-280; conventional, 253-262; legal, 263-280; pur
autre vie, 262; occupancy of, 492-494; forfeiture of, 482-485.
See Curtesy, Dower, Fee Tail after Possibility, etc.

Life tenant, powers of, 261.

Limitation, collateral;

special. See Conditional Limitations.

Limitations, Statute of, 458, 459, 469.

Livery of seisin, 201, 317, 416-421; in deed, 417; in law, 417; in

United States, 381.

Lord, rights of, 68.

M.

Magna Carta, 60, 100, 101, 409, 475.

Manors, 68-73; in United States, 130.

Marlborough, Statute of, 479.

Marriage, the landlord's right of, 100, 101, 103, 104, 114.

Marriage, title by, 486-491.

Married women, property rights of, 486-491; separate estate of,

489-491.

Maryland, tenure in, 135.

Massachusetts, tenure in, 135; qualified fees in, 219.

Merchants, Statute of, 306, 525-529.

Merger, 323.

Merton, Statute of, 101, 451.

Mesne lord, 53.

Mildmay's Case, 247.

Military service, 78.

Military tenure, 86, 93; abolished, 112.

- Tenures, Statute of, 12 Car. II, c. 24, 112; effects of, 116, 117.
Mort d'ancestor, 458, 467.

Mortgage, 17, 402-406.

Mortmain, 60, 62, 65, 145, 147.

Movables, 5, 41; descent of, 56.

Murphy v. City of Brooklyn, 408.

N.

New York, tenure in, 134-138.

Nicoll v. N. Y. & E. R.R. Co., 360.

Norman Conquest, effects of, 68.

Notice to quit, 294, 295.

Novel disseisin, writ of, 61, 458, 467.

O.

Occupancy, 260, 415, 492-494.

Offices, 4, 24, 31.

Ownership, rights of, 36; absolute v. feudal, 38, 39, 41; beneficial,
146; requisites of, 462-466; rights less than, 401-411.