An interest in land given orally shall
have only the force of estates at will. All contracts for sale of
goods or merchandise for the price of at least 10 pounds shall be
in writing and signed by the parties or shall be accompanied by
part payment or partial acceptance of the goods. This is to deter
fraud. This statute caused many small freeholders, including
yeomen, who paid rent by custom to be dispossessed.
Mortgagees can hold the land of any mortgagor who borrows money
upon security of the land or obtains another mortgage without
prior notice to the initial mortgagee. The mortgagor has six
months to pay off the mortgage and all interest and charges or
vacate the land and lose his equity therein. But a widow's dower
will not be affected if she did not join with her husband in the
mortgage.
If rent is not paid in a reasonable time, the renter's goods and
grain may not only be distrained, but sold.
One coparcener of a joint tenancy or tenancy in common may have a
court partition the property without the presence of other
coparceners, because such coparceners are often difficult to find.
This is to avoid wasting of land lying uncultivated and unmanured.
After the intestate death of a father of any sons or daughters
without wives or children of their own in the life time of their
mothers, the mother and every brother and sister shall share
equally except the customs of London and York shall not be
affected.
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