DIGEST

of

The Laws of England

RESPECTING

REAL PROPERTY.

BY WILLIAM CRUISE,
OF LINCOLN'S INN, ESQ. BARRISTER AT LAW.

THE SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED.

VOLUME THE FOURTH,

CONTAINING

Title 32. DEED.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY A. STRAHAN,
LAW-PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY :
FOR J. BUTTERWORTH AND SON, FLEET-STREET,

AND
J. COOKE, DUBLIN.

1818.

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CONTENTS

OF THE

FOURTH VOLUME.

TITLE XXXII.

DEED.

CHAP. I.

Page

4

Of the Origin and Nature of Deeds.

1. ALIENATION of Lands

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7. Subinfeudation

14. Fines for Alienation

18. Different kinds of Assurances

19. Of a Deed

33. Deed Poll

24. Indenture

29. A Deed transfers the Estate without the Assent of the

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31. Article of Agreement

CHAP. II.

of the Circumstances necessary to a Deed.

2. 1°. Sufficient Parties

6. Who may convey by Deed

8. The Queen

9. Corporations -

12. Infants

16. Marriage Contracts by Female Infants

22. By Male Infants

24. Infant Trustees may convey

26. Idiots and Lunatics

29. Married Women

36. Persons attainted

37. Who may be Grantees

43. Conveyances to Charitable Uses

46. 2o. Consideration -

53. Different kinds of .. .

57. 3o. Writing

60. A proper Stamp •

61. 4o. Sufficient Words

63. Formal Parts

72. 5°. Reading if required

73. 6o. Sealing and signing

80. 7°. Delivery -'

87. Delivery as an Escrow

93. 8° Attestation by Witnesses

CHAP. III.

Of the Statute of Frauds.

1. Statement of the Statute -

4. Construction of the 4th Section

5. What amounts to an Agreement

JI. What is a sufficient Signing

17. An Agent may be authorized to fign by Parol

18. A Letter is an Agreement -

23. Letters previous to Marriage - -

29. Parol Agreements good in Equity

30. Where there is Fraud -

34. Where there is a Part Performance

36. What Acts are a Part Performance

37. Delivery of Possession

40. Payment of Purchase Money -

42. Introductory Acts not a Part Performance

48. Parol Agreements not decreed though confessed

51. A written Agreement discharged by Parol

53. Where an Averment is admissible - - -

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