Old Tenures
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The title of a small tract, which, as its title denotes, contains an account of the various tenures by which land was holden in the reign of Edward III. This tract was published in 1719, with notes and additions with the eleventh edition of the First Institutes, and reprinted in 8vo, in 1764, by Serjeant Hawkins, in a Selection of Coke's Law Tracts.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The title of a small tract, which contains an account of the various tenures by which land was holden in the reign of Edward III. It was published in 1719, with notes and additions, with the 11th edition of the First Institutes, and reprinted in 8vo in 1704, by Serjeant Hawkins, in a selection of Coke’s Law Tracts.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A treatise, so called to distinguish it from Littleton’s book on the same subject, which gives an account of the yarious tenures by which land was helden,. the nature of estates, and some other incidents to landed property in the reign of Edward III. Itis a very scanty tract, but has the merit of having led the way to Littleton’s famous work. 83 Reeve, Eng. Law, 151.