245. Livery of seisin and feoffment and their abolition.
245. Livery of seisin and feoffment and their abolition.
Real Property and Registration (Volume 87 (2022)) | Commentary(B) Assurances at Common Law
At common law an estate of immediate freehold passed by livery of seisin. This form of assurance was known as a 'feoffment'1. Livery of seisin is livery in deed or livery in law.
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(B) Assurances at Common Law
At common law an estate of immediate freehold passed by livery of seisin. This form of assurance was known as a 'feoffment'1. Livery of seisin is livery in deed or livery in law.
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