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Biden’s corporeal presence isn’t all that is necessary- incorporeal hereditaments all that are needed: Glossary
Incorporeal hereditaments
Non-physical rights of property, for example, easements & profits à prendre. The law of real property applies to physical, or corporeal...
Hereditaments include things capable of ownership; and
product of nature.
Typical profits à prendre include:
The removal of part of the land itself, for example, soil or minerals.
Taking something growing on the land, for example,
Profits à prendre are incorporeal hereditaments:
A right to take something from another's land (the servient land) that is both:
Capable of ownership; and
A product of nature.
Typical profits à prendre include:
The removal of part of the land itself, for example, soil...
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Oliver #Cromwell is popularly believed to have been the leader of the Parliamentary cause, the 'Roundheads', during the #EnglishCivilWar. But was this really the case - has his importance for much of this period been exaggerated? Follow this thread to find out! #17thCentury 1/8
At the start of the Civil War #Cromwell was in modern terms a 'backbench MP', a very minor figure in the House of Commons. The leaders there for the Parliamentary cause were the likes of John Pym and John Hampden; the Earls of Essex & Manchester led in the House of Lords. 2/8
Likewise militarily #Cromwell was a very minor figure at the start of the Civil War in 1642, a junior cavalry officer with no military experience. Others such as the Earls of Essex, the Earl of Manchester and Sir William Waller commanded Parliament's armies at this time. 3/8
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