Godfrey & Dixons Case
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1721 |
| Date | 01 January 1721 |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
English Reports Citation: 81 E.R. 955
King's Bench Division
godfrey & dixons case. Que commence 16 Jac. en B. E. rot. 374. Termino Mich. & fuit argue tune, & Hill. & Pasch. & ore adjudge. Cornelius Godfrey un alien de Spain avoit issue Daniel nee en Flanders, in ligeancia Eegis Hispaniaa. Le pier & fits veignont en Engleterre in 4 Eliz. Le pier est fait denizon, & avoit issue Cornelius son puisne fits nee icy en Engleterre. En 40 Eliz. le pier morust, & anno 3 Jac. Daniel est naturalized per Parliam', & puis purchase copyhold-terres, & morust sans issue ; et si Cornelius le puisne fits inheritera cest copyhold-terre, fuit le question. Les parols de naturalization sont tiels; That Daniel shall be enabled to purchase, inherit, have, and enjoy, and demand as heir to any ancestor lineal or collateral : and that he shall be adjudged a natural subject of the kingdom of England in every respect, condition, and degree, to all intents, constructions, and purposes. Serjeant argue pur le frere del alien : primerment il agree, que alien n'est person que poit purchase ou inherit terre en son natural capacity a son use demesne : mes en son politique capacity il poit, come mults priors aliens fueront en cest realm, & ils out mults terres & possessions al use lour meason, & poyent suer & estre sue, 39 E. 3. b. Denizon 15. Et quant le Pape ad ascun authority deins cest realm, il divers temps fait aliens evesques & parsons, & que fueront tiels, jeo view les livres de temps H. 3. per queux semble, que ils poient purchase terre deins cest realm, & averont real action. Mes si ley donque fuit issint, ceo est conus que le practice fuit al contrary ; car il dit, que il ad view divers records en temps Eoy John & H. 3. per que est prove, que Eoy ad seise terres de divers homes, pur ceo que ils fueront aliens nee. Mes aliens poient estre capable de purchase, ou inheritance per denization & naturaliz", eybien come son auter natural subjects, & lour denizations ne poient estre, si non per char-[14]-ter le Eoy, & ceo est vere esteant un suti-beam del Corone, & prerogative inseparable del person le Eoy, 20 H. 7. 8. Et come les Eoys d'Engleterre aiont le sole poyar de ceo faire, istint ils aiont estre en touts temps sparing de lour power en cest manner de grant pluis que auters Eoys. Claudius imperator al un temps fait touts subjects del empire denizons de Eome. H. 2. de France fait touts citizens d'Anverp denizens de France. Mes cest terre esteant un island, le Eoy ne unque indenizon plusors de ses neighbours, ne inde admittantur inimici, tanquam in equo Trojano. Et per indenization home gaine d'aver franktenement ou inheritance de terre, office, ou ascun auter hereditament. Mes quant a chose personal, ils averout touts benefits avant indenization, eybien per nostre ley, come est per le ley de Moses. Et ceo eybien durant lour vie, come puis lour mort; car de eux...
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