Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	case_n	lord_n	rent_n	1,405	5	9.6433	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59100	Tracts written by John Selden of the Inner-Temple, Esquire ; the first entituled, Jani Anglorvm facies altera, rendred into English, with large notes thereupon, by Redman Westcot, Gent. ; the second, England's epinomis ; the third, Of the original of ecclesiastical jurisdictions of testaments ; the fourth, Of the disposition or administration of intestates goods ; the three last never before extant.; Selections. 1683	Selden, John, 1584-1654.; Littleton, Adam, 1627-1694.; White, Robert, 1645-1703.; Selden, John, 1584-1654. Jani Anglorum facies altera. English.; Selden, John, 1584-1654. England's epinomis.; Selden, John, 1584-1654. Of the original of ecclesiastical jurisdiction of testaments.	1683 (1683)	Wing S2441; ESTC R14343	196,477	246

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a_o crime_n thus_o ad_fw-la rectum_fw-la habere_fw-la be_v in_o bracton_n to_o have_v a_o man_n forth_o come_v so_o as_o he_o may_v be_v charge_v and_o put_v upon_o his_o trial_n it_o may_v be_v also_o render_v take_v upon_o suspicion_n it_o be_v write_v sometime_o retatus_fw-la and_o irretitus_fw-la pag._n 70._o lin_v 33._o to_o give_v suretyship_n for_o the_o remainder_n i_o confess_v i_o do_v not_o well_o know_v how_o to_o apply_v to_o this_o place_n that_o sense_n which_o our_o common_a law_n take_v the_o word_n remainder_n in_o for_o a_o power_n or_o hope_v to_o enjoy_v land_n tenement_n or_o rent_n after_o another_o estate_n or_o term_n expire_v when_o a_o estate_n do_v not_o revert_v to_o the_o lord_n or_o granter_n of_o it_o but_o remain_v to_o be_v enjoy_v by_o some_o three_o person_n what_o if_o we_o say_v that_o as_o bishop_n can_v not_o because_o their_o estate_n be_v of_o alm_n grant_v any_o part_n of_o their_o demean_n ad_fw-la remanentiam_fw-la for_o ever_o or_o to_o perpetuity_n so_o here_o excommunicate_a person_n be_v not_o oblige_v dare_v vadium_n ad_fw-la remanentiam_fw-la to_o find_v surety_n for_o continuance_n or_o for_o perpetuity_n that_o be_v for_o their_o future_a good_a behaviour_n but_o only_o to_o stand_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o church_n in_o that_o particular_a case_n for_o which_o they_o be_v at_o present_a sentence_v chap._n xi_o pag._n 72._o lin_v 24._o if_o a_o claim_n or_o suit_n shall_v arise_v in_o the_o latin_a si_fw-la calumnia_fw-la emerserit_fw-la a_o know_a and_o frequent_a word_n in_o our_o law_n which_o signify_v a_o claim_n or_o challenge_n otherwise_o term_v clameum_fw-la lin._n 37._o till_o it_o shall_v by_o plea_n be_v deraign_v or_o dereyn_v which_o be_v in_o french_a dereyné_fw-fr in_o the_o latin_a disrationatum_fw-la which_o as_o it_o have_v several_a signification_n in_o law_n so_o here_o it_o import_v after_o a_o full_a debate_n and_o fair_a hear_n the_o determination_n of_o the_o matter_n by_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o court._n chap._n xii_o pag._n 75._o lin_v 2._o by_o the_o name_n of_o yumen_n the_o same_o say_v some_o as_o the_o dane_n call_v young_a man_n other_o derive_v the_o word_n from_o the_o saxon_a geman_n or_o the_o old_a dutch_a gemen_n that_o be_v common_a and_o so_o it_o signify_v a_o commoner_n sir_n tho._n smith_n call_v he_o yoman_n who_o our_o law_n term_v legalem_fw-la hominem_fw-la a_o freeman_n bear_v so_o camden_n render_v it_o by_o ingenuus_n who_o be_v able_a to_o spend_v of_o his_o own_o free_a land_n in_o yearly_a revenue_n to_o the_o sum_n of_o forty_o shilling_n such_o as_o we_o now_o i_o suppose_v call_v freeholders_n who_o have_v a_o voice_n at_o the_o election_n of_o parliament-man_n but_o here_o the_o word_n be_v take_v in_o a_o large_a sense_n so_o as_o to_o include_v servile_a tenure_n also_o or_o villeinage_n chap._n xiii_o pag._n 77._o lin_v 5._o leude-man_n from_o the_o saxon_a leod_n the_o common_a people_n it_o signify_v in_o law_n a_o subject_a a_o liege_n man_n a_o vassal_n a_o tenant_n hence_o in_o high-dutch_a a_o servant_n be_v call_v leute_n in_o old_a english_a a_o lout_n but_o in_o common_a acception_n lewd_a be_v former_o take_v for_o a_o layman_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o of_o the_o people_n or_o for_o any_o illiterate_a person_n now_o it_o be_v use_v to_o denote_v one_o who_o be_v wicked_a or_o loose_a and_o debauch_a chap._n fourteen_o pag._n 79._o lin_v 8._o the_o state_n of_o the_o kingdom_n the_o baronage_n he_o mean_v the_o whole_a parliament_n and_o not_o only_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n by_o the_o word_n baronage_n for_o though_o by_o baron_n now_o we_o proper_o understand_v the_o peer_n of_o the_o realm_n yet_o ancient_o all_o lord_n of_o manor_n those_o who_o keep_v courtbaron_n be_v style_v baron_n nay_o spelman_n tell_v we_o that_o all_o freeholders_n go_v by_o that_o name_n before_o the_o freehold_n be_v quit_v let_v out_o into_o such_o small_a pittance_n as_o now_o they_o be_v 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patent_n and_o the_o honour_n to_o descend_v to_o their_o posterity_n lin._n 27._o by_o way_n of_o safe_a pledge_n that_o be_v to_o oblige_v they_o to_o give_v security_n for_o the_o party_n appearance_n against_o the_o day_n assign_v who_o in_o case_n of_o default_n be_v to_o undergo_v the_o damage_n and_o peril_n of_o it_o pag._n 80._o lin_v 7._o st._n peter_n penny_n these_o peter-pence_n be_v also_o call_v in_o saxon_a romescot_n and_o romefeoh_n that_o be_v a_o tribute_n or_o fee_n due_a to_o rome_n and_o romepenny_n and_o hearth-penny_n it_o be_v pay_v yearly_a by_o every_o family_n a_o penny_n a_o house_n at_o the_o feast_n of_o s._n peter_n ad_fw-la vincula_fw-la on_o the_o first_o day_n of_o august_n it_o be_v grant_v first_o say_v our_o author_n out_o of_o malmesbury_n by_o ina_n or_o inas_fw-la king_n of_o the_o westsaxon_n when_o he_o go_v on_o pilgrimage_n to_o rome_n in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 720._o but_o there_o be_v a_o more_o clear_a account_n give_v by_o 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