21 events with tag "property"
222
ID: 3851
St. Urban I becomes seventeenth pope - declares Church property common to all Christians
ID: 3851
1043
ID: 5889
Edward the Confessor strips Emma of property - son punishes mother for preferring Danish children, confiscates her lands
ID: 5889
1271
ID: 2155
Statute of Mortmain - Edward I restricts transfer of land to religious corporations without royal license, addressing 'dead hand' problem
ID: 2155
1275
ID: 2156
First Statute of Westminster - comprehensive legal reforms including protection of church property and regulation of wardship
ID: 2156
1285
ID: 2158
Statute De Donis Conditionalibus - creates fee tail estates in England, allowing control of family property across generations
ID: 2158
1290
ID: 2159
Statute Quia Emptores - ends subinfeudation in England, all land held directly from crown or mesne lord, modernizing feudal tenure
ID: 2159
1344
ID: 2164
Statute of Provisors - English parliament limits papal appointments to English benefices, asserting national control over church property
ID: 2164
1380
ID: 2168
Use (trust) device becomes common in England - separating legal and beneficial ownership to avoid feudal incidents and control inheritance
ID: 2168
1450
ID: 2175
Feoffment to uses widespread - majority of English land held in trust to avoid feudal obligations and control inheritance
ID: 2175
1516
ID: 2185
Concordat of Bologna - French king gains right to appoint bishops, controlling vast church property as state resource
ID: 2185
1535
ID: 2188
Statute of Uses enacted - attempts to execute uses and restore feudal incidents, but creates unintended consequences leading to modern trust
ID: 2188
1540
ID: 2189
Statute of Wills - allows devise of land by will, compensating landowners for Statute of Uses
ID: 2189
1608
ID: 2201
Dutch develop grondbrief system - registered land titles with public recording, modernizing property law
ID: 2201
1680
ID: 2228
Duke of Norfolk's Case - Rule against Perpetuities emerging, limiting dead hand control of property
ID: 2228
1690
ID: 2233
John Locke's Second Treatise - property rights from labor, government by consent, influences legal thought
ID: 2233
1703
ID: 2240
Ashby v. White - right to vote is property right enforceable at law, expanding property concept
ID: 2240
1723
ID: 2249
Waltham Black Act - creates 50 new capital crimes, harsh criminal law for property protection
ID: 2249
1729
ID: 2251
Lord Hardwicke establishes modern mortgage law - equity of redemption protected, 'once a mortgage always a mortgage'
ID: 2251
1754
ID: 549
Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality: 'first person who fenced plot and said mine was founder of civil society'
ID: 549
1759
ID: 2317
Grace v. Smith - Lord Mansfield rules partnership property held in trust for partnership purposes, not individual partners
ID: 2317
1773
ID: 2276
Boston Tea Party - property destruction as political protest, challenging legal authority
ID: 2276