Disabling Statutes
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The acts of 1 Eliz. c. 19, 13 Eliz. c. 10, 14 Eliz. co. 11, 14, 18 Eliz. c. 11, and 43 Eliz. c. 29, by which stricted. 2 Bl. Comm. 319, 321; Co. Litt. 44a; 3 Steph. Comm. 140. Also called the "Restraining Statutes."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
These are acts of parliament, restraining and regulating the exercise of a right or the power of alienation; the term is specially applied to 1 Eliz. c. 19, and similar acts restraining the power of ecclesiastical corporations to make leases.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
The English statutes of 1 Eliz. c. 19, 18 Eliz. c. 10, 14 Eli«. cc. 11, 14, 18 Eliz. c. 11, and 43 Eliz. c. 29, (otherwise called the restraining statutes,) by which all colleges, cathedrals, and other ecclesiastical or eleemosynary corporations are restrained from making any leases of their lands, unless under certain regulations. 2 Bl. Com. 319, 321. Co. Litt. 44 a. 3 Steph. Com. 140.