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Ledsinger v. Burke, 113 Ga

Categories: Criminal Law

Definition (1910 Edition)

74, 38 S. E. 313; Brown v. Cairns, 107 Iowa, 727, 77 N. W. 478: Lewis v. 'Angermiller, 89 Hun, 65, 35 N. Y¥. Supp 69.—Surrender of copyhold. The mode of conveying or transferring copybold property from one person to another is by means of a surrender, which consists in the yielding up of the estate by the tenant into the hands of the lord for such purposes as are expressed in the surrender. The process in most manors is for the tenant to come to the steward, elther in court or out of court, or else to two customary tenants of the same manor, provided there be a custom to warrant it, and there, by delivering up a rod, a glove, or other symbol], as the custom directs, to resign into the hands of the lord, by the hands and ac ceptance of his steward, or of the said two tenants, all his interest and title to the estat in trust, to be again granted out -.by the: lo to such persons and for such uses as are named in the surrender, and as the custom of the manor will warrant. Brown.—Surrender of criminals. The act by which the public aue thorities deliver a person accused of a crime, and who is found in their jurisdiction, to the authorities within whose jurisdiction it is alleged the crime has been committed.—Surrene der of a preference. In bankruptcy practice. The surrender to the assignee in bankruptcy, by a preferred creditor, of anything he may have received under his preference and any advantage it gives him, which he must do before he can share in the dividend. In re Richter’s Betate, 1 Dill. 544, Fed. Cas. No. 11,803. —Surrender to uses of will. Formerly a copyhold interest would not pass by will unless it had been surrendered to the use of the will, By St. 55 Geo. III. c. 192, this is no longer necessary. 1 Steph. Comm. 639; Mos ley & Whitley.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain. UK commentary and modern updates are original additions. This entry is for educational reference only and does not constitute legal advice.