Le Resolution des Justices Touchand le Irish Custome de Gavelkind
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1792 |
| Date | 01 January 1792 |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
English Reports Citation: 80 E.R. 535
COURTS DEL ROY EN IRELAND
[49] hillar' 3 jacobi. le resolution des justices touchant le irish customs de gavelkind, Primerment est ascavoir, que les terres possesse per les meere Irish deins cest realme fueront divide eu severall territories ou countries ; & les enhabitants de chescun Irish country fuerot divide en severall septs ou lineages. Secondrnt, en cbescu Irish territory fuit un seignior ou chiefetaine, & un tanist, q fuit son successor apparaut. Et de chescii Irish sept ou lineage fuit auxy un chiefe, q fuit appel Canfinny, ou caput cognationis. 536 LE IRISH CUSTOME DE GAVELK.IND DAVI8,50. Tiercemeiifc, touts les possessions deins ceux Irish territories (devaut q le common ley Dengleterre fuit establish p tout le realme come ore est) curgeont tout foils, ou en course de tanistry, ou en course de gavelkind. Chescun seigniory ou ehiefry, ove le portion de terre que passoit ove ceo, aloit sans partition al tanist, que touts foits veignoit eins per election, ou fort maine, & nemy per discent: mes touts les inferior tenancies fueront partible enter les males eu gavelkind. Uncore le estate que le seignior avoit en le ehiefry, ou q les inferior tenants avoent en gavelkind, ne fuit estate de enheritance, mes un temporary ou transitorie possession. Car. sicome le prochein heir del seigii ou chiefetaine ne etiheriteroit le ehiefry, mes le plus eigne & plus digne ctl Sept, (come est monstre devant en le case de tanistry) que souventfoits fuit remove & expell per un auter que fuit plus active ou fort quy ley : issint les tres de nature de gavelkind rie fueront partible enter les prochein heires males del cesty que morust seisie, mes enter touts les males de son Sept, en cest manner. Le Canfinny, ou chiefe de sept, (que fuit communement le plus antient del sept) fesoit touts les partitions per son discretion. Cest Canfinny, apres le mort de chescun tertenant que avoit competent portion de terre, assembloit tout le sept, & aiant mise touts lour possessions en hotchpoch, fesoit novel partition de tout: en quel partition il n& assiguoit a les tits de cesty que morust le portion que lour pere avoit; mes il allottoit al chescun del Sept, solonque son antiquity, le melieur ou greinder purparty, Ceux portions ou purparties issint esteant allotte & assigne, fueront possesse & enjoy accordant, tanque novel partition fuit fait; que al discretion ou volunt del...
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