Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John: With an Historical IntroductionMcKechnie, William Sharp
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Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John: With an Historical Introduction
McKechnie, William Sharp
Constitutional history -- England -- Sources; Law -- England -- History; Law -- England -- Sources; Magna Carta
I. Assessment of Reliefs. II. Units of Assessment: (1) 229
_Feodum militis integrum_; (2) _Baronia integra_; (3)
_Baronia comitis integra._ III. Liability of Church
Property to Reliefs,
CHAPTER THREE.
No Relief after Wardship, 239
CHAPTER FOUR.
Wardship: (1) The Definition of Waste; (2) The 241
Punishment of Wasteful Guardians; (3) Provision
against Recurrence,
CHAPTER FIVE.
I. The Obligations of the Warden of a Lay-fief. II. 246
Wardship over Vacant Sees,
CHAPTER SIX.
The Marriage of Wards, 250
CHAPTER SEVEN.
I. The Widow’s Share of Real Estate: (1) Dower; (2) 253
_Maritagium_; (3) _Hereditas._ II. Her Share of
Personal Estate. III. Provision for her Immediate
Needs: (1) Quarantine; (2) Estovers of Common,
CHAPTER EIGHT.
Marriage of Widows, 260
CHAPTER NINE.
Procedure for Enforcing Payment of Debts, 261
CHAPTER TEN.
Usury. I. The History of the Jews in England. II. Legal 265
Position of the Jews,
CHAPTER ELEVEN.
Widows and Children of Debtors to be Protected against 273
Creditors,
CHAPTER TWELVE.
I. Protection of Crown Tenants from Arbitrary Exactions: 274
(1) Scutage; (2) Feudal Aids. II. Protection of
Citizens of London: Aids and Tallages. III. Magna
Carta and the Theory of Parliamentary Taxation,
CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
Liberties and Free Customs of London, 284
CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
Method of obtaining the Common Council of the Kingdom. 291
I. Nature of the Summons. II. Composition of the
Council. III. Position of the “Minor Barons.” IV.
Representation. V. Powers and Functions of the
Council. VI. Rights of Majorities and Minorities,
CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
Restrictions on Mesne Lords taking Aids. I. Points of 301
difference between tenants-in-chief and under-tenants.
II. The influence of Magna Carta upon later practice,
CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
No one to perform greater service for a tenement than is 306
due,
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
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