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5. The Law of Real Property.

Professor Minor.

The instruction in this class covers a detailed study of the subject of real property,
in all of its branches. The nature and several kinds of real estate, and the
several estates therein, with the various principles appertaining to each, curtesy
and dower, the relations of landlord and tenant, co-tenancies, the feudal tenures,
uses and trusts, the far-reaching effect of the Statute of Uses, the conditions,
covenants and other qualifications attached to conveyances of land, are reviewed
at length. The historical connection between ancient and modern doctrines of
conveyancing, with the statutory changes, are carefully traced. Remainders,
reversions and executory limitations, and the principles governing their creation,
validity and effect, together with the sources of title to lands, whether by descent
or by the manifold forms of purchase, and the principles controlling each, the
subjects of conveyances, contracts to convey, wills of lands, adverse possession,
tax-titles, and the registry of instruments of title, are investigated in detail.
Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on common law principles, and effort
is made to give the student a clear comprehension of these, by tracing them to
their feudal or other sources.—November 20 to May 1—Three times a week.

Text-Book.-2 Minor's Institutes (4th edition).

The Professor's Notes.