 | Law - 1791 - 568 pages
...between the furfacc of any land, and the centre of the er.rth, belongs to the owner of the furface : fo that the word land .includes not only the face of the earth, but every thing under it, or over it. TENEMENT is a word of dill greater extent; and Co.LiM»,2«. though, in its vulgar acceptation, it... | |
 | William Woodfall - Landlord and tenant - 1802 - 736 pages
...only ; for land comprehends, in its legal fignification, any ground, foil, or earth whatfoever : fo the word " land" includes, not only the face of the...thing under it, or over it ; and therefore, if a man grant all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other foffils, his woods, his waters,... | |
 | Massachusetts, William Charles White - Law - 1810 - 208 pages
...surface of any land, and the centre of the earth, belongs to the owner of the surface, as is every day's experience in the mining countries : so that the word...only the face of the earth, but every thing under it and over it : and, therefore, if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal,... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1817 - 612 pages
...between the surface of any land, and the centre of the earth, belongs to the owner of the surface. So that the word land includes not only the face of the earth, but every thing under it or over it." By this description it seems to be implied that the possessor of a freehold is considered as having... | |
 | William Woodfall - Landlord and tenant - 1822 - 720 pages
...only ; for land comprehends, in its legal signification, any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever; so the word " land" includes, not only the face of the earth, but every thing under it, or over itj and therefore, if a man grant all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1831 - 1094 pages
...line between the surface of any land and the centre of the earth, belongs to the owner of the surface. The word ' land" includes not only the face of the earth, but every thing under it or over it." — 2 Bla. Com. 18. (a) Lands, houses, &c. The occupiers of lands, whether for pleasure or for the... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court, Thomas Pollock Devereux, George Edmund Badger - Law reports, digests, etc - 1834 - 598 pages
...fossils, his woods, his waters, and his houses, as well as his fields and meadows." (2 Bl. Com. 1 8.) The word •' land," includes not only the face of the earth, but every thing nnder it or over it. The stable was fixed to the land, and was in law a part of it. It could not be,... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1836 - 848 pages
...open new mines, without the license of the lord of the manor; nor for the lord, without the consent of the word " land" includes not only the face of the...every thing under it, or over it. And therefore if a the tenant, to open new mines under the lands occupied by such tenant. (Biihop of Winchester v. Knight,... | |
 | Richard Burn - Justice of the peace - 1837 - 1224 pages
...line between the surface of any land and the centre of the earth, belongs to the owner of the surface. The word 'land' includes not only the face of the earth, but every thing under it or over it." — 2 Bla. Com. 18. This is the legal signification of " land," when it is used by itself; but when... | |
 | Samuel Vallis Bone - Conveyancing - 1839 - 398 pages
...surface of any land and the centre of the earth, belongs to the owner of the surface, as is every day's experience in the mining countries. So that the word...every thing under it or over it. And therefore, if a roan grants all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other fossils, his woods, his... | |
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land " includes not only the face of the earth, but everything under it or over it. 
