Swayne’s case: 1609

No lord of the manor could, by alienation, deprive those entitled of their rights over it or in respect of it.

Citations:

(1609) 8 Co.Rep. 63a

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedCorpus Christi College Oxford v Gloucestershire County Council CA 1983
The court considered the result where the freehold of what had formerly been waste of the manor became severed from the lordship.
Held: It ceased to be part of the manor. Lord Denning MR described the historical basis of the ownership of land . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Land

Updated: 05 May 2022; Ref: scu.269739