Pretensed title statute

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The statute 32 Henry VIII, c. 9, that no one shall sell or purchase any pretended right or title to land unless the vendor hath had the profits thereof for one year. See 4 Bl. Comm. 136.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The statute 32 Hen. VIII. c. 9, § 2. It enacts that no one shall sell or purchase any pretended right or title to land, unless the vendor hath received the profits thereof for one whole year before such grant, or hath been in actual possession of the land, or of the reversion or remainder, on pain that both purchaser and vendor shall each forfeit the value of such land to the king and the prosecutor.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The English statute 32 Hen. VIII. c. 9, § 2. It enacts that no one shall sell or purchase any pretended right or title to land, unless the vendor has received the profits thereof for one whole year before such grant, or has been in actual possession of the land, or of the reversion or remainder, on pain that both purchaser and vendor shall each forfeit the value of such land to the king and the prosecutor. See 4 Broom & H. Comm. 150.

Defined under Pretensed Right or Title in Black's Law Dictionary.