A HISTORY OF ENGLISH LAW

OF ENGLISH LAW

BY

W. S. HOLDSWORTH, D.C.L.

FELLOW AND LECTURER IN LAW AT ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD; LECTURER IN
LAW AT WADHAM, HERTFORD, and LINCOLN COLLEGES, OXFORD; LATE
PROFESSOR OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE,
LONDON; OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW

Importance of the real actions

(1) Those by which a person may assert his right to corporeal

1-22

I, 2

2-II

3-5

3

3, 4

4, 5

5

5-7

Origins

Scope

Development

Used to protect title

The assize of nuisance

Extended by the legislature

Extended by omission to pass statutes of limitation

(iii) The writs of Entry sur disseisin

Entry in the post

Their position in relation to the other groups

They supersede the others

(2) The other real actions

(i) The actions which lie as between lord and tenant

Ne injuste vexes

De consuetudinibus et serviciis

Cessavit

Mesne

5

5,6

6,7

6,7

7

7

8

8-11

8

8,9

9

9

10

ΤΟ

IO

II

11-19

12, 13

12

12

12

13