 Such tenants as held under the king immediately, when they granted out portions of their lands to inferior persons, became also lords with respect to those inferior persons, as they were still tenants with respect to the king, and, thus partaking of a...  Tracts of the Liverpool Financial Reform Association - Page 3by Financial Reform Association (Liverpool, England) - 1851Full view - About this book
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1791 - 566 pages
...to the king ; and, thus partaking of a middle nature, were called mefiie, or middle, lords. So jhat if the king granted a manor to A, and he granted a portion of the land to B, now B was faid to hold 7 of of A, and A of the king; or in other words, B held his lands immediately of A, but... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 700 pages
...ftill tenants with refpeft to the king ; and, thus partaking of a middle nature, were called mefiit, or middle, lords. So that if the king granted a manor...and he granted A portion of the land to B, now B was faid to hold of of A, and A of the king -, or in other words, B held his lands immediately of A, but... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 676 pages
...(till tenants with refpect to the king ; and, thus partaking of a middle nature, were called mefttt, or middle, lords. So that if the king granted a manor...and he granted a portion of the land to B, now B was faid to hold of A, and A of the king ; or in other words, B held his lands immediately of A, but mediately... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1800 - 680 pages
...ftill tenants with refpcct to the king : and, thus partaking of a middle nature, were called mefne, or middle, lords. So that if the king granted a manor to A, and he granted a portion of the land to IS, now B was fa id to hold " 1 of of A, and A of the king; or in other words, B held his lands immediately... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 698 pages
...still tenants witlj respect to the king: and, thus partaking of a middle nature, were called mesnc, or middle, lords. So that if the king granted a manor...hold of A, and A of the king ; or in other words, B held his lands immediately of A, but mediately of the king. The king therefore was styled lord paramount... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 742 pages
...were still tenants with respect to the king ; and, thus partaking of a middle nature, were called mane or middle lords. So that if the king granted a manor...a portion of the land to B, now B was said to hold nf A, and A of the king ; or, in other words, B held his-lands immediately of A, but mediately of the... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 626 pages
...still tenants with respect to the king ; and, thus partaking of a middle nature, were called mesne, or middle, lords. So that if the king granted a manor...granted a portion of the land to B, now B was said [ 60 ] to hold of A, and A of the king; or in other words, B held his lands immediately of A, but mediately... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1827 - 916 pages
...still tenants with respect to the king : - and, thus partaking of a middle nature, were called mesne, or middle, lords. So that if the king granted a manor...of the king ; or, in other words, В held his lands immedi[ 60 ] ately of A, but mediately of the king. The king therefore was styled lord paramount ;... | |
 | Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - Law - 1835 - 862 pages
...were still tenants with respect to the king ; and thus partaking of a middle nature were called mesne, f England. See the observations of Lord Mansfield on this subject, 2 Burr. 1079. But in Bul lands to B., now B. was said to hold of A., and A. of the king ; or in other words, B. held his lands... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1836 - 852 pages
...still tenants with respect to the king: and, thus partaking of a middle nature, were called mesne, or middle, lords. So that if the king granted a manor to A., and he granted a portion of the land (1) See the last chapter, p. 51, and the note thereto. (2) See ante, chap. 2, p. 17, and the two first... | |
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