feoffment with livery of seisin

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14 documents for feoffment with livery of seisin

- Livery of Seisin
... entire ceremony of transfer was called feoffment with livery of seisin, with feoffment meaning "a g...
- West's Encyclopedia of American Law
- Jap–Ma
- Bissell v. Heyward, 96 U.S. 580 (1877)
... of $20,000; and alleges that he was provided with the means of paying the balance of the purchase-mo... in the original bill, that his feoffment, with livery of seisin, and a release by Bee, woul...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jack M. Lee, Defendant-Appellant, and Margaret B. Lee, Claimant-Appellant., 232 F.3d 556 (7th Cir. 2000)
... so we affirm his conviction, but we agree with Margaret that it was error to forfeit the home, an... as the medieval English practice of feoffment with livery of seisin, under which land was convey...
- Federal Circuits

- Rhode Island v. Massachusetts, 37 U.S. 657, 12 Pet. 657 (1838)
... This subpoena was returned with service on the 30th July, 1833; and on the 18th Ja... in the first instance by deed only, or by livery of seisin? If the suit is for sovereignty or sover... possession thereof; so that a feoffment, with livery of seisin, made before it is actually...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- McKeen v. Delancy's Lessee, 9 U.S. 22, 5 Cranch 22 (1809)
..., that 'to prevent frauds and vexations within the said province,' 'all conveyances of land made ... effect here, for the giving possession and seisin, and making good the title and assurance of the sa... and hereditaments, as deeds of feoffment with livery and seisin, or deeds enrolled in any o...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- J. Paul Preseault and Patricia Preseault, Individually and as Partners of 985 Associates, Ltd., a Vermont Limited Partnership, and 985 Associates, Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. the United States, Defendant-Appellee, and the State of Vermont, Defendant/Cross-Appellant., 100 F.3d 1525 (Fed. Cir. 1996)
...With him on the brief were Emily R. Livingston, Brookli... deemed freehold estates, created by feoffment with livery of seisin. 9 See, e.g., 7 Thompson...
- Federal Circuits
- Carver v. Jackson, 29 U.S. 1, 4 Pet. 1 (1830)
..., and to the possession of the land without paying the value of the improvements. The court he... the people of the state of New York, all seisin, possibility of entry, or scintilla juris in Bever..., with warranty, was equivalent to a feoffment by the tenant for life, and destroyed the continge... all the effect of a feoffment with livery at common law. . 3. By the attainder of Beverly R...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- United States v. Schurz, 102 U.S. 378 (1880)
... less than one hundred and sixty acres, with intent to appropriate it under the laws of the Uni... cited by his counsel, differs from feoffment only in not requiring livery of seisin to vest the...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Kinney v. Clark, 43 U.S. 76, 2 How. 76 (1844)
... head thereof to the Cumberland mountains, with the said mountains to the Carolina line, with the ... in fee; and the whole legal estate and seisin of the commonwealth in the lands. Had the judgment..., in presence of the convention, made livery and cession, of all the lands in the deed of feoff...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Lessee of Tucker v. Moreland, 35 U.S. 58, 10 Pet. 58 (1836)
...; and to secure the payment of which note, with the interest, in twelve months, Richard N. Barry h..., there is no difference between a feoffment and any deeds which convey an interest. In each ca... the case of a feoffment to a delivery of seisin by the infant personally; and in case of chattels,...If he has given livery of seisin, he must do an act of equal notoriety to...
- U.S. Supreme Court