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1. 19 Hen. VII. c. 7.-For making of Statutes by Bodies in-

2. 13 Eliz. c. 29.-An Act concerning the several Incorporations

of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and the Con-

firmation of the Charters, Liberties and Privileges granted to

either of them.

3. 31 Eliz. c.6.--An Act against Abuses in Election of Scho-

lars, and Presentation to Benefices.

4. 13 Chas. II. c. 1.-An Act for the well governing and regu-

lating of Corporations.

5. 6 Anne, c. 21.—An Act for the avoiding of Doubts and

Questions touching the Statutes of divers Cathedral and Col-

legiate Churches.

6. 9 Anne, c. 20.—An Act for rendering the Proceedings upon

Writs of Mundamus, and Informations in the Nature of a

Quo Warranto, more speedy and effectual; and for the more

easy trying and determining the Rights of Offices and Fran-

chises in Corporations and Boroughs.

7. 5 Geo. I. c. 4.-An Act for strengthening the Protestant

Interest in these Kingdoms.

8. 5 Geo. I. c. 6.-An Act for quieting and establishing Cor-

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9. 11 Geo. I. c. 4.-An Act for preventing the Inconveniences

arising for want of Elections of Mayors or other Chief Magis-

trates of Boroughs or Corporations being made upon the Days

appointed by Charter or Usage for that Purpose, and direct-

ing in what Manner such Elections shall be afterwards made. 191

10. 7 Geo. III. c. 48.-An Act for regulating the Proceedings of

certain Public Companies and Corporations carrying on Trade

or Dealings with Joint Stocks, in Respect to the Declaring

of Dividends; and for further regulating the Qualification of

Members for voting in their respective General Courts.

11. 12 Geo. III. c. 21.-An Act for giving Relief in Proceedings

upon Writs of Mandamus for the Admission of Freemen into

Corporations; and for other Purposes therein mentioned.

12. 32 Geo. III. c. 58.-An Act for the Amendment of the Law

in Proceedings upon Information in Nature of Quo War-

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CLASS I.-MISCELLANEOUS STATUTES.

1. 9 Hen. III. c. 7.-A Widow shall have her Marriage, In-
heritance, and Quarantine. The King's Widow, &o

2. 20 Hen. III. c. 1.-A Woman shall recover Damages in a

3. 20 Hen. III. c. 2-Widows may bequeath the Crops of their

4. 52 Hen. III. c. 17.-The Authority and Duty of Guardians

5. 4 Edw. I. c. 6-By what Words in a Feoffment a Feoffer

shall be bound to Warrancy.

6. 6 Edw. I. c. 3-An Alienation of Land by the Tenant by

the Curtesy with Warranty shall be void.

8 19 Edw. I. c. 1.-In Gifts in Tail the Donor's Will shall be

observed. The Form of a Formedon.

7. 6 Edw. I. c. 5.-Several Tenants against whom an Action of

Waste is maintainable.

9. 18 Edw. I. c. 1.-The Feoffee. shall hold his Land of the

chief Lord, and not of the Feoffer.

Cap. 2.-If Part of the Land be sold, the Services shall be

Cap. 3.-No Feoffment shall be made to assure Land in

10. 11 Hen. VII. c. 20.-Certain Alienations made by the Wife,

of the Lands of her deceased Husband, shall be void.

11. 21 Hen. VIII. c. 4.-The Sale of Lands by Part of the Exe-
cutors lawful.

12. 21 Hen. VIII. c. 15 -Fermors shall enjoy their Leases against

Recoveries by feigned Titles, &c.

13. 32 Hen. VIII. c. 33.-An Act that wrongful Disseisin is no

Descent in Law.

14. 32 Hen. VIII. c. 34.-Concerning Grantees of Reversions to

take Advantage of the Conditions to be performed by the

15. 12 Car. II. c. 24.-An Act for taking away the Court of

Wards and Liveries, and Tenures in Cupite, and by Knights-

Service, and Purveyance, and for settling a Revenue upon his

Majesty in lieu thereof.

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16. 19 Car. II. c. 6.-An Act for Redress of Inconveniencies by

Want of Proof of the Deceases of Persons beyond the Seas or

absenting themselves, upon whose Lives Estates do depend. 231

17. 29 Car. II. c. 3.-An Act for Prevention of Frauds and Per-

18. 4 Wm. and Mary, c. 16.-An Act to prevent Frauds by Clan-

destine Mortgages.

19. 5 Wm. and Mary, c. 6.-An Act to prevent Disputes and

Controversies concerning Royal Mines.

20. 11 Wm. III. c. 6.-An Act to enable his Majesty's natural-

born Subjects to inherit the Estate of their Ancestors, either

lineal or collateral, notwithstanding their Father or Mother

21. 25 Geo. II. c. 39.-An Act to obviate Doubts that may arise

upon an Act made and passed in the eleventh and twelfth

Years of the Reign of his late Majesty King WILLIAM the

Third, intituled, An Act to enable his Majesty's natural-

born Subjects to inherit the Estate of their Ancestors, either

lineal or collateral, notwithstanding their Father or Mother

22. 10 and 11 Wm. III. c. 16.-An Act to enable_posthumous

Children to take Estates as if born in their Father's Life-

23. 4 Anne, c. 16.-An Act for the Amendment of the Law,

and the better Advancement of Justice.

24. 6 Anne, c. 18.-An Act for the more effectual Discovery of

the Death of Persons pretended to be alive, to the Prejudice

of those who claim Estates after their Deaths.

25.*7 Anne, c. 18.—An Act to preserve the Rights of Patrons to

26. 9 Geo. I. c. 29.-An Act to enable Lords of Manors more

easily to recover their Fines, and to exempt Infants and Femes

Covert from Forfeitures of their Copyhold Estates in particu-

lar Cases.

27.*4 Geo. II. c. 28.-An Act for the more effectual preventing

Frauds committed by Tenants, and for the more easy Re-

covery of Rents, and Renewal of Leases.

28. 7 Geo. II. c. 20-An Act for the more easy Redemption

and Foreclosure of Mortgages.

29. 39 & 40 Geo. III. c. 98-An Act to restrain all Trusts and

Directions in Deeds or Wills, whereby the Profits or Produce

of Real or Personal Estate shall be accumulated, and the

beneficial Enjoyment thereof postponed beyond the Time

therein limited.

30. 39 & 40 Geo. III. c. 56-An Act for Relief of Persons en-

titled to entailed Estates to be purchased with Trust Monies. 276

PART II-CLASS II.

[9 Edw. II. St. 1, c. 5.-No Prohibition where Tithe is demanded

1. 45 Edw. III. c. 3.-A Prohibition shall be granted where a

Suit shall be commenced in a Spiritual Court for Sylva cædua. 279

2. 27 Hen. VIII. c. 20.-For Tithes to be paid throughout this

3. P. 32 Hen. VIII. c. 13 An Act for Dissolution of Monas-

teries and Abbies.

4. 32 Hen. VIII. c. 7.-For the true Payment of Tithes and

5. 37 Hen. VIII. c. 12.-An Act for Tithes in London.

6. 2 and 3 Edw, VI. c. 13.—An Act for Payment of Tithes.

7. 7 and 8 William III. c. 6.-An Act for the more easy Re-

covery of small Tithes.

8. 7 and 8 William III. c. 34.-An Act that the solemn Affirm-

ation and Declaration of the People called Quakers, shall be

accepted instead of an Oath in the usual Form.

9. 11 and 12 William III. c. 16.-An Act for the better ascer-

taining the Tithes of Hemp and Flax.

10. P. Geo. I. Stat. 2, c. 6.-An Act for making perpetual an

Act of the seventh and eighth Years of the Reign of his late

Majesty King WILLIAM The Third, intituled, An Act that

the solemn Affirmation and Declaration of the People called

Quakers, shall be accepted instead of an Oath in the usual

Form: and for explaining and enforcing the said Act in re-

lation to the Payment of Tithes and Church-Rates; and for

appointing the Form of an Affirmation to be taken by the

said People called Quakers, instead of the Oath of Abjura-

11.*53 Geo. III. c. 127.-An Act for the better Regulation of

Ecclesiastical Courts in England; and for the more easy Re-

covery of Church Rates and Tithes:

PART II-CLASS III.

INCLOSURE OF COMMONS.

1. 20 Henry III. c. 4.-(Statute of Merton,)-In what Cases

Lords may approve against their Tenants.

2. 13 Edw. I. Stat. 1, c. 46.-(11. Westminster,)-Lords may

approve against their Neighbours. Usurpation of Commons

during the Estate of particular Tenants.

3. 3 and 4 Edw. VI. c. 3.-An Act concerning the Improve-

ment of Commons and waste Grounds.

4. 29 Geo. II. c. 36.—An Act for inclosing by the mutual Con-

sent of the Lords and Tenants, Part of any Common for the

Purpose of planting and preserving Trees fit for Timber or

Underwood; and for more effectually preventing the unlaw-

ful Destruction of Trees.

5. 31 Geo. II. c. 41-An Act to amend and render more effec-

teal an Act passed in the twenty-ninth Year of his present

Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for inclosing, by the mu-

tual Consent of the Lords and Tenants, Part of any Common,

for the Purpose of planting and preserving Trees fit for Tim-

ber or Underwood; and for more effectually preventing the

unlawful Destruction of Trees.

6. 13 Geo. III. c. 81.-An Act for the better Cultivation, Im-

provement, and Regulation of the Common Arable Fields,

Wastes, and Commons of Pasture, in this Kingdom.

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