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Dignity

A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

In old English law, a species )f incorporeal hereditament. Dignities bear a near relation to ofl Soes. They were >riginally annexed to the possession of certam estates n land, and created by a grant of those estates. Alhough now little more than personal distinctions, they ire still classed under the head of realty.'

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