Fine on alienation
Topic: Social
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A fine on alienation (see Alienation (property law)), in feudal law, was a sum of money paid to the lord by a tenant when he had occasion to make over his land to another.[1] It is similar in nature to a relief, a payment made by an heir to the lord to receive his inheritance.[2]
References
- ↑ "Tenure, in law". Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia (6th ed.). March 2021. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=134498233&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site.
- ↑ Priest, Claire (2019). "Notes". Credit Nation: Property Laws and Institutions in Early America. Princeton University Press. pp. 176. doi:10.1515/9780691185651-013. ISBN 978-0-691-18565-1.
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