| English literature - 1816 - 576 pages
...you, and faith to you will bear " for the tenements which 1 claim to hold " of you, and that twill lawfully do to you " the customs and services which I ought " to do at the terms assigned. ¡So help m« " God and his saints." But he was not to kneel nor make such humble reverence a* in homage; and... | |
| Sir Edward Coke - Land tenure - 1817 - 950 pages
...therefore of the essence of fealty, were not comprehended in the form of homage, nor were the words / will lawfully do to you the customs and services which I ought to do to you at the terms assigned. Another difference between the two in point of expression was, that the... | |
| William Cruise - Real property - 1818 - 636 pages
...freeholder doth fealty, he shall hold his right hand upon a book, and shall say thus : ' Know you this, my lord, that I shall be faithful and true unto you,...the customs and services which I ought to do, at the time assigned ; so help me God and his saints ;' and he shall kiss the book." linst. 68. a. 18. Fealty... | |
| William Cruise - Real property - 1818 - 598 pages
...freeholder doth fealty, he shall hold his right hand upon a book, and shall say thus : ' Know you this, my lord* that I shall be faithful and true unto you,...bear} for the lands which -I claim to hold of you j and that I shall lawfully do td you the customs and services which I ought to do, at the time assigned... | |
| Sir John Comyns - Digests, etc - 1822 - 652 pages
...fealty. Co. L. 63. When a freeman does fealty, he shah1 put his right hand upon the book, and shall say, I shall be faithful and true unto you, and faith to...bear for the lands which I claim to hold of you, and I shall lawfully do to you die customs and services, which I ought to do at die (/) He may without... | |
| William Cruise - Law reports, digests, etc - 1824 - 612 pages
...freeholder doth fealty, he shall hold his right hand upon a book, and shall say thus : — Know you this, my lord, that I shall be faithful and true unto you,...for the lands which I claim to hold of you, and that 1 shall lawfully do to you the customs and services which I ought to do at the time assigned. So help... | |
| James Ram - Land tenure - 1825 - 206 pages
...person taking the oath " shall hold his right hand upon " a book, and shall say thus : Know ye this, my lord, that I " shall be faithful and true unto you,...customs and services which I ought to "do, at the termes assigned, So help me God, and his Saints; " and he shall kiss the book." It has been noticed,... | |
| James Kent - 1826-1830 - 1828 - 432 pages
...doth fealty to his lord, he shall lay his right hand upon a book, and shall say, " Know ye this, my lord, that I shall be faithful and true unto you,...the terms assigned : so help me God and his saints." This oath of fealty every where followed the progress of the feudal system, and created all those interesting... | |
| Theodore Sedgwick - Economics - 1836 - 274 pages
...the oath of fealty: "The freeholder laying his right hand on a book, shall say, ' Know ye this, my lord, that I shall be faithful and true unto you, and faith unto you shall bear, for the lands which I claim and hold of you, and that I shall lawfully do the... | |
| Languages, Modern - 1861 - 494 pages
...fealty to his lord, he shall hold his right hand upon a book, and shall say thus: know ye this, my lord, that I shall be faithful and true unto you,...hold of you, and that I shall lawfully do to you the custom and services which I ought to do, at the terms assigned, so help me god and his saints; and... | |
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