A

TREATISE

ON

THE LAW

OF

MORTGAGE.

BY

RICHARD HOLMES COOTE,

OF LINCOLN'S INN, ESQ. BARRISTER AT LAW.

London:

PRINTED FOR

JOSEPH BUTTERWORTH AND SON, LAW-BOOKSELLERS,

No. 43, FLEET STREET;

AND J. COOKE, ORMOND QUAY, DUBLIN.

1821.

2th Edition 1837.

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ACT
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6. WOODFALL, PRINTER, ANGEL COURT, SKINNER STREET, LONDON.

TO THE

RIGHT HONORABLE

JOHN, LORD ELDON,

Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain,

THIS WORK

IS

(WITH HIS LORDSHIP'S PERMISSION)

MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.

CONTENTS.

Book I.

CHAP. I. Introductory Chapter.

II. Of Mortgages at Common Law.

III.

IV.

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Mortgage, with Equity of Redemption.

the Nature of an Equity of Redemption, its

Rights and Incidents.

V. Statutes Merchant, Statutes Staple, Recog-

nizances and Elegit.

Sale and for Payment of Debts, and under

Powers of charging.

VIII. Of Equitable Mortgage by Deposit of Title

X.Mortgages by Tenants in tail, and by defec-

tive Conveyance.