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Turf And Twig

Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A piece of turf, or a twig or a bough, were delivered by the feoffor to the feoffee in making livery of seisin. 2 Bla. Com. 315. See Symbolic Delivery; Seisin. Turf and Twig and Water. Referred to in Penn’s defence of his title to the Three Lower Counties (in Delaware). See Amer. Hist. Soc., 1903, p. 244.