A Treatise on the Rights of Manors, as Deduced from the Most Ancient and Best Authorities: With a Report on the Game Laws, and CommentS. Brooke, 1817 - 143 pages |
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Page 140 - ... committed ; the same to be levied by distress and sale of the offender's goods, by warrant under the hand...
Page 136 - ... to the House of Correction, there to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding three calendar months...
Page 118 - ... or some other estate of inheritance in his own or his wife's right, of the clear yearly value of one hundred pounds per annum , or for term of life...
Page 85 - There still remains another species of prerogative property, founded upon a very different principle from any that have been mentioned before ; the property of such animals, ferae naturae, as are known by the denomination of game, with the right of pursuing, taking and destroying them ; which is vested in the king alone and from him derived to such of his subjects as have received the grants of a chase, a park, a free warren or free fishery.
Page 30 - However, upon the Norman conquest, a new doctrine took place; and the right of pursuing and taking all beasts of chase or venary, and such other animals as were accounted game, was then held to belong to the king, or to such only as were authorized under him.
Page 101 - Whatsoever archbishop, bishop, earl or baron, coming to us at our commandment, passing by our forest, it shall be lawful for him to take and kill one or two of our deer, by view of our forester, if he be present ; or else he shall cause one to blow an horn for him, that he seem not to steal our deer ; and likewise they shall do returning from ITS, ns it is afore said.
Page 118 - Every person, not having lands and tenements, or some other estate of inheritance, in his own or his wife's right, of the clear yearly value of lOQl.
Page 140 - Nonpayment thereof, shall be committed to the House of Correction for any Time not exceeding Two Calendar Months.
Page 120 - School-master, who upon the first day of May, which shall be in the year of our Lord God One thousand six hundred...
Page 78 - ... of the Law. It can hardly be necessary for your Committee to point out the mischievous influence of such a state upon the moral conduct of those who addict themselves to such practices : to them may be readily traced many of the irregularities, and most of the crimes, which are prevalent among the lower orders in agricultural districts. — Your Committee hesitate to recommend, at this late period of the Session, the...