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Title
Date(s)
- 1776-1797 (Creation)
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0.01 linear metres
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Abstract of title is a summary of prior ownership of a property, drawn up by solicitors. Such an abstract may go back several hundred years or just a few months, and was usually drawn up just prior to a sale.
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GB 0074 O/482 1776-1797 Collection 0.01 linear metres Unknown
Abstract of title is a summary of prior ownership of a property, drawn up by solicitors. Such an abstract may go back several hundred years or just a few months, and was usually drawn up just prior to a sale.
Donated to the Archive in 1977.
Papers collected by Myers Autographs in the course of their work, comprising abstract of the title of Mr. Vincent Durant to a copyhold half-acre of land with cottage, garden, and appurtenances near Hammersmith, 1776, and brief for defendants in a King's Bench action Holloway v. Rodbard and another relating to a wharf and premises near Essex Street in the Strand, and the erection of certain granaries thereon, 1797.
Two documents in chronological order.
Available for general access.
Copyright rests with the City of London.
English
Fit
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. July to October 2009 Legal case records Information sources Documents Deeds Title deeds Abstracts of Title (documents) People People by roles Property owners Legal documents Law Property ownership Civil law Legal systems Property Property law
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Donated to the Archive in 1977.
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Papers collected by Myers Autographs in the course of their work, comprising abstract of the title of Mr. Vincent Durant to a copyhold half-acre of land with cottage, garden, and appurtenances near Hammersmith, 1776, and brief for defendants in a King's Bench action Holloway v. Rodbard and another relating to a wharf and premises near Essex Street in the Strand, and the erection of certain granaries thereon, 1797.
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Accruals
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Two documents in chronological order.
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Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright rests with the City of London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English