 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 pages
...king's grant; or, in some caaes, may be held by prescription, which, as 'has been frequently saul, presupposes a grant. The kinds of them are various, and almost infinite. We shall here briefly touch upon some of the principal; premising only, that they may be vested in... | |
 | Thomas Walter Williams - Law - 1816 - 1048 pages
...grant; or, in some cases, may be he'd by prescription, which, as has frequently been said, prc- supposes a grant. The kinds of them are various, and almost infinite : I will here briefly touch upon sonic of the principal ; premising only, that tin у may be vested in either natural persons ur hodies... | |
 | J. Searle - 1817 - 166 pages
...B. ii, fol. 36, speaking of franchise and liberties as synonimous terms, gives the definition " as a royal privilege," or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject, and arising from the king's grant, or by prescription, which presupposes such grant: the kinds of them,... | |
 | John Impey - Civil procedure - 1818 - 996 pages
...franchise. 3 East. 128. Franchise and liberty are used as synonimous terms, and their definition is a royal privilege, or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject. The sheriff, at the request and costs of the lord of a franchise, having return of writs, shall appoint... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 800 pages
...hands ol' a subject." Being therefore derived from ihe cnnvn, they must arise from the king's gr.mt ; or, in some cases, may be held by prescription, which, as has been irequently said, presupposes a grant. Tue kinds of them are \aiinus, and almost infinite. We shall... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 328 pages
...employment, vIII. For dignities, which are titles of honour, see book I. ch. 13. Ix. Franchises are a royal privilege, or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject. For corrodies and pensions, which are ecclesiastical annuities, see book I. ch. 9. xI. An annuity is... | |
 | Sir John Comyns - Digests, etc - 1822 - 1042 pages
...9 Co. 2?. b. (c). ,1.-^ncisea|ldlibÎft:!iaïeV"edass>'nonJ'raou9 terms; aml thcir definition ¡s, a royal privilege, or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject. 2 Blk. toro. 37. Imch, L. 164.— 2. Formerly grants of royal fraschiscs were so common, that m the... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...and liberty are used as synonymous terms ; and their definition is, " a royal privilege, or-branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands...The kinds of them are various, and almost infinite. We shall here briefly touch upon some of the principal, premising only, that they may be vested in... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - Constitutional law - 1823 - 872 pages
...are a seventh species. Franchise and liberty are used as synonymous terms : and their definition is, a royal privilege, or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject. VIII. Corodies are a right of sustenance, or to receive certain allotments of victual and provision... | |
 | George Coles - 1823 - 204 pages
...persons, who came to reside within the walls of a city or borough, to the rights of burghersliip. is, a royal privilege or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hand of the subject." Among several of the principal kinds, he enumerates the following : — It is... | |
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Franchise and liberty are used as synonymous terms, and their definition is a royal privilege or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject. 
