单词 | patents also grants of concealment |
释义 | > as lemmaspatents also grants of concealment(s) 2. Law. The holding of land allegedly belonging to the Crown, without an official claim to it; an instance of this. Also in patents also grants of concealment(s): documents, often of a fraudulent nature, granting concealed land to the holder. Also figurative. Cf. concealed land n. at concealed adj. Compounds, concealer n. 2. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > freehold > tenure from Crown > without proper title concealment1593 1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) iii. vii. 88 It may not be thought, that euery intrusion, deteiner, or concealement (which is incroching vpon the Kings right) or rauishment of his wardes, which hee ought to haue by his Prerogatiue Royall; is straightway, and necessarilie a Praemunire. 1600 Proclam. Elizabeth I 14 Jan. (single sheet) Pattents of concealement, which are found for the most part to be voyde in Law. 1623 Act 21 Jas. I c. 2 An act for the general quiet of the subjects against all pretences of concealment whatsoever. 1623 Act 21 Jas. I c. 2 [Persons]..Claiming or pretending to have any..claime..to the same [lands] by force or colour of any Letters Patents, Grants, vpon suggestion of Concealement or wrongfull detaining or not being in Charge, or defectiue Titles. a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Qqq3/2 They say she keeps an office of Concealements. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. lxxiv Raking for old Debts, the number of Informations, Projects upon concealments, I could not find..ever to advantage the Crown. 1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Gonalston Here was an ancient chapel, chantry, or hos. which, thro' many patents of concealment, has been continued since the Diss. by the name of Gonalston-Spittle. 1905 Harvard Law Rev. 18 346 These concealments gave rise to the ‘title hunters’, who, discovering or pretending to discover concealed titles, obtained from the crown grants of such lands. 1997 Irish Hist. Stud. 30 321 Privy council orders..imposed an absolute ban on the lord deputy's proceeding with grants of concealments. < as lemmas |
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