Statute of Quia Emptores
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The Statute of Quia Emptores is a 1290 English law that reformed feudal landholding by allowing free alienation of land and effectively halting the creation of new feudal tenures.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English statute
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medieval law → property law reform → |
| appliesTo |
tenures in fee simple
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| citedAsPrecedentIn |
later English property law cases
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| doesNotApplyTo |
copyhold tenures
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leases for years → |
| effect |
allowed tenants in fee simple to sell or convey their land without lord’s consent
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contributed to the decline of the feudal system in England → effectively halted the creation of new feudal tenures by subinfeudation → froze the existing hierarchy of feudal tenures → helped establish the modern concept of fee simple ownership → permitted free alienation of land by subinfeudated tenants → prevented the creation of new mesne lordships → promoted the marketability of land → required purchasers to hold land directly of the same lord as the seller → strengthened the position of overlords by preventing loss of services through subinfeudation → |
| enactedBy |
Edward I of England
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| enactedInYear |
1290
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| geographicScope |
England
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| hasAlternativeName |
Quia Emptores
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Quia Emptores Terrarum → |
| historicalContext |
late 13th-century English legal reforms
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reign of Edward I → |
| influenced |
development of English common law of real property
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land law in many common law jurisdictions → |
| jurisdiction |
Kingdom of England
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| languageOfTitle |
Latin
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| legalDomain |
feudal law
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land law → real property law → |
| longTermImpact |
contributed to centralization of royal authority over land tenure
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facilitated a land market based on alienable estates → reduced fragmentation of feudal obligations → |
| partOf |
Edward I’s statutory reforms of English law
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| permitted |
substitution of tenants by alienation
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| primaryPurpose |
to reform feudal landholding
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to regulate alienation of land held in fee simple → |
| prohibited |
subinfeudation of fee simple estates
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| relatedConcept |
fee simple
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feudal tenure → mesne lord → overlordship → subinfeudation → |
| statusInEnglishLaw |
historically foundational for rules on alienation of land
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| temporalScope |
from 1290 onward in medieval and later English land law
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| titleMeaning |
“because the buyers”
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Edward I of England
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