The Law Concerning Estates Taile, and Remainders and Reversions Expectant Thereupon, Illustrated
London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires, for Richard Sare, at Gray's-Inn Gate in Holborn, 1703. First Edition. 8vo, 341, [3] pp. Contemporary full calf, raised bands, gilt-lettered red morocco title label.With the engraved armorial bookplate of the Rev. Richard Congreve (1714–1782), a member of the prominent Staffordshire landed Congreve family and an owner of extensive estates. FFEP loose; spine replaced; light, general wear; a very good copy. Item #23393
An early eighteenth-century English legal treatise devoted to estates tail and the complex rules governing remainders and reversions arising from them. Curson discusses the creation and descent of entails, recoveries, fines, remainders, reversions, and related questions of landed property and inheritance. An important example of the practical legal literature surrounding the transmission and settlement of English landed estates.
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