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	pay_v	tithe_n	1,784	5	10.3560	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81692	A defence and vindication of the right of tithes, against sundry late scandalous pamphlets: shewing, the lawfullnesse of them, and the just remedy in law for them, as well in London as elsewhere. / Penned by a friend to the Church of England, and a lover of truth and peace.	A Friend to the Church of England, and a Lover of Truth and Peace.; Downame, John, d. 1652,; Nomophilos Philotolis.	1646 (1646)	Wing D2074; Thomason E339_7; ESTC R1318	21,705	42

hen._n 8._o c._n 2._o for_o tithe_n in_o london_n have_v thus_o prove_v the_o right_n of_o tithe_n i_o come_v now_o to_o the_o second_o head_n be_v the_o remedy_n at_o law_n for_o the_o recovery_n of_o these_o tithe_n when_o they_o be_v detain_v remedy_n and_o right_o do_v usual_o go_v together_o at_o common_a law_n head_n 2_o head_n that_o right_o which_o be_v in_o law_n call_v remediless_a be_v very_o rare_a and_o happen_v only_o in_o such_o case_n whereof_o there_o have_v be_v no_o precedent_a seizin_n or_o possession_n which_o fall_v not_o out_o in_o the_o case_n of_o tithe_n of_o which_o there_o have_v be_v a_o constant_a seizin_n and_o possession_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n but_o the_o remedy_n for_o tithe_n be_v ancient_o in_o the_o king_n temporal_a court_n mic._n 7_o ed._n 1._o rot_n 21._o linwood_n de_fw-fr fore_fw-la competenti_fw-la 71._o co._n 2._o instit._fw-la fol._n 489_o etc._n etc._n 18_o ed._n 3._o c._n 7._o as_o it_o be_v by_o the_o imperial_a law_n in_o the_o civil_a court_n of_o emperor_n sometime_o in_o the_o sheriff_n turn_v sometime_o by_o scire_fw-la facias_fw-la in_o the_o chancery_n and_o the_o right_n of_o tithe_n be_v likewise_o try_v in_o the_o king_n temporal_a court_n as_o by_o the_o ancient_a writt_n of_o de_fw-fr recto_fw-la de_fw-fr advocatione_n decimarum_fw-la and_o the_o writ_n of_o indicavit_fw-la may_v appear_v the_o first_o statute_n that_o annex_v tithe_n to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n agree_v therein_o with_o the_o common_a law_n be_v the_o statute_n of_o west_n 2._o cap._n 5._o and_o circumspect_a agatis_fw-la make_v both_o in_o one_o year_n viz._n 13_o ed._n 1._o the_o next_o statute_n be_v 9_o ed._n 2._o call_v articuli_fw-la cleri_fw-la but_o because_o the_o remedy_n in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n go_v no_o further_a than_o spiritual_a censure_n the_o high_a whereof_o be_v excommunication_n number_n of_o person_n care_v not_o to_o hazard_v their_o soul_n so_o they_o may_v save_v their_o tithe_n 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without_o bail_n or_o mainprize_n until_o he_o shall_v put_v in_o surety_n by_o recognisance_n to_o such_o counsellor_n and_o justice_n of_o peace_n to_o obey_v the_o process_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n the_o like_a remedy_n be_v give_v by_o the_o statute_n of_o 32_o hen._n 8._o cap._n 7._o for_o a_o lay_v person_n farmor_n of_o tithe_n by_o two_o justice_n of_o peace_n after_o definitive_a sentence_n in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n for_o the_o recovery_n of_o the_o tithe_n withhold_v and_o substract_v against_o any_o person_n refuse_v to_o obey_v the_o say_a sentence_n the_o statute_n of_o 2_o ed._n 6._o cap._n 13._o decide_v the_o suit_n for_o tithe_n to_o be_v partly_o in_o the_o spiritual_a court_n partly_o in_o the_o temporal_a court_n of_o the_o king_n for_o personal_a tithe_n as_o wool_n lamb_n flax_n hemp_n apple_n etc._n etc._n the_o suit_n be_v only_o in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n but_o for_o prediall_a tithe_n as_o corn_n grain_n hay_o etc._n etc._n the_o 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