Nightjar Wrote in message:
On 04-Dec-17 5:14 PM, Iggy wrote:
replying to Nightjar, Iggy wrote:
You may want to re-read your comment. If someone else can revoke it and
toss
them out, they never owned it and were just tenants...

Except that seizure of lands only happened if the incumbent broke the
law and the law prescribed forfeiture of land as a penalty (e.g. the
Treason Act of 1534) or the seizure was authorised by an Act of
Parliament (e.g. the dissolution of the monasteries). OTOH, when Edward
Longshanks wanted the Isle of Wight, he had to buy it from Isabella de
Fortibus for 6000 Marks. Had she been a tenant of the Crown, he would
only have had to wait a few days for her to die to reclaim the property.



I suspect it's all rather different in 'muricah...

--
Jim K


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