Coke’s Advice on Executing Wills of Land
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Excerpt
This essay explores the advice Edward Coke provided for testators executing wills of land. Coke listed eight suggested practices at the end of his report of Butler and Baker's Case (1591). This list is examined in light of the Statute of Wills (1540) and the Statute of Frauds (1677). Text in English with Italian abstract.
ISBN
9788849822458
Publication Date
2009
Publisher
Rubbettino
City
Genoa
Keywords
Coke, wills, testaments, land, statute of wills, statute of frauds, English legal history
Disciplines
Law | Legal History
Recommended Citation
M.C. Mirow,Coke’s Advice on Executing Wills of Land, in RELATIONS BETWEEN THE IUS COMMUNE AND ENGLISH LAW, (R.H. Helmholz and V. Piergiovanni, eds., 2009).
