[5%], and of more,
more; and of less, less; after the rate. And none shall levy
such aid to make his son a knight until his son is 15 years
old, nor to marry his daughter until she is seven year old.
A conveyance of land which is the inheritance of a minor
child by his guardian or lord to another is void.
Dower shall not abate because the widow has received dower
of another man unless part of the first dower received was
of the same tenant and in the same town. But a woman who
leaves her husband for another man is barred from dower.
A tenant for a term of years who has let land from a
landlord shall not let it lie waste, nor shall a landlord
attempt to oust a tenant for a term of years by fictitious
recoveries.
When two or more hold wood, turfland, or fishing or other
such thing in common, wherein none knows his several, and
one does waste against the minds of the others, he may be
sued.
Lands which are given to a man and his wife upon condition
that if they die without heirs, the land shall revert to the
donor or his heir, may not be alienated to defeat this
condition.
If a man takes land in marriage with a wife, and she dies
before him, the land will revert to the donor or his heir,
unless the couple has a child, in which case the husband
will have the land by the courtesy of the nation for his
life before it reverts to the donor or his heir.
The ecclesiastical law had a doctrine for women-covert, i.
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