The History of English Law: Before the Time of Edward I, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
(As to the ownership and possession of movables, the artic...)
As to the ownership and possession of movables, the articles by Mr J. B. A mes in Harv. L. Rvo Lxi pp. 277 ff. should be consulted. p. 360, note 1. As to the forfeiture of the goods of a man who dies desperate, see Art d Oof the Preston Custumal (H arland, Mamecestre, vo Lii Lp. xxxriiL). p. 363, note 2. A dd a reference to Beoords of Leicester, p. 219. In 1293 the buigesses decide that the heir is to have the best cauldron, the best pot and so forth. In Scotland the heirship movables were of considerable importance. In the seventeenth century the heir would take, among other things, the great House Bible, a Psalm-book, the A cts of Parliament. See Hope s Minor Practicks, ed. 1734, p. 538. p. 372, note 1. An interesting historical account of the Scottish law of marriage by Mr F. P. Walker will be found in Green s Encyclops Bdia of the Law of Scotland. Pre-T ridentine Catholicism seems to find its best modem representative in this protestant kingdom. p486, note 5, and p. 636, note 2. The Annals of Winchester, p. 25, and Thomas Wykes, p. 235, differ about the number of the compurgators, which may have been 25 or 50. p. 500, side-note, should read Treason contrasted with felony. p537, note 5. So the burgess of Preston who has charged a married woman with unchastity must proclaim himself a Uar holding his nose with his fingers :H arland, Mamecestre, vol. ii Lp. xl.
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