Excerpt from Digest the Laws of England, Vol. 5 of 7: Respecting Real Property Having explained the nature and operation of deeds entered into by private persons, which derive their effect from the consent of the contracting parties, we shall now proceed to treat of those assurances which are effected by matter of record; that is, where the sanction of a court of record is called in to substantiate, preserve, and be a perpetual testimony of the transfer of properly from one person to another. Assurances by matter of record, arc, I. Private acts of Parliament; II. King's grants; III. Fines; and IV. Common recoveries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.