Collusive litigation in the early years of the English common law : the Use of Mort d'Ancestor for conveyancing purposes c. 1198-1230
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19/11/2020Author
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740611
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Abstract
The extent to which real actions such as mort d’ancestor were used collusively for conveyancing purposes in the early years of the English common law is subject to debate. This article first discusses why parties to a transfer of land might engage in collusive litigation, before surveying the existing literature on the question of how collusive suits can be identified, and the suggestions which have been made as to the prevalence of collusive litigation in the late-twelfth and early-thirteenth centuries. It then discusses a method which may be used to provide a more precise answer to this question, and employs this method to uncover the extent to which mort d’ancestor could have been used collusively in the period c.1198–1230. It concludes with a suggestion that this method could be used in relation to other early common law actions to further our understanding of litigation and conveyancing in the period.
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Eves , W 2020 , ' Collusive litigation in the early years of the English common law : the Use of Mort d'Ancestor for conveyancing purposes c. 1198-1230 ' , Journal of Legal History , vol. Latest Articles . https://doi.org/10.1080/01440365.2020.1839692
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Journal of Legal History
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Peer reviewed
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0144-0365Type
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Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
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This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 740611).Collections
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