Lex Vadiorum, The Law of Mortgages, Wherein is Treated, The Nature..

1706. First Edition of the First Treatise on Mortgage at Law and in Equity [Carter, Samuel]. Lex Vadiorum. The Law of Mortgages. Wherein is Treated the Nature of Mortgages, And the Several Sorts of Proviso's in the Same Deed, Or by Deed Absolute; Defeazance, Demise and Redemise; Or by Covenant, And Otherwise: With Special Clauses, Conditions and Covenants; Explained and Illustrated by Many Adjudged Cases at Common Law, And by Presidents. Likewise of the Payments of the Mortgage-Money, By Whom and to Whom; And Several Cases and Rules of Tender. Also of Assignments of Mortgages; And the Manner of Assignees Transferring, Accounting, &c. With Proper and Well-Pen'd Presidents, According to the Circumstances of Cases. And Further, Of the Equity of Redemption, and the Nature of It, And How it is Governed by the Rules of Equity; And of Releases of Equity of Redemption, And How Transferrable or Extinguishable; With the Niceties of Buying in Precedent Incumbrances. And Several Other Matters and Cases Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery (With Presidents of Bills, Answers, Pleas) &c. To Which are Added Several Cases of Pawns and Pledges Adjudged at Common Law. London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esqs; For M. Wotton, At the Three Daggers in Fleetstreet; And F. Cogan, In the Inner Temple-Lane, 1706. [xvi], 223, [25] pp. Contemporary sheep, rebacked in period-style calf. Blind rules to boards, blind fillets along joints, raised bands, blind rules and lettering piece to spine, corners and hinges mended. Light rubbing and a few minor stains and scuffs to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges. Light toning to interior, faint spotting in a few places, small faint dampstains to rear endleaves. $850. * First edition. Carter was the author of two notable treatises: The Infants Lawyer (1697), the first English treatise on laws concerning infants, and Lex Custumaria, Or, A Treatise of Copy-Hold Estates (1696). Lex Vadiorum is a treatise on mortgages at law and in equity. According to Holdsworth, it was the "first attempt to write a book on this topic." OCLC locates 5 copies in North America, 1 in a law library (Library of Congress). Holdsworth, A History of English Law XII:382. English Short-Title Catalogue N3662.