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From: RF Miller <>
Subject: Re: [LDR] Alienation fines
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 08:03:53 -0700 (PDT)


Thanks, Niel for adding the origin of the fee. The
modern concept remains the same, though, in my mind,
because the government requires the transfer tax,
thereby its cut. Do we really own our land? If one
does not pay one's property taxes to the
government(akin to the Calvert's (the government)land
rent), the property is sold on the courthouse steps to
the highest bidder, with the back taxes being paid
first.
I'm sure everyone has seen on the Calvert Rent Rolls
the language that certain lands were escheated and
assigned to someone else (who would pay the rent
[taxes]. This was for nonpayment of rent, i.e.
property taxes. In my mind, we currently do the same
thing, just a different government which is "of the
people" as opposed to the Calverts. A tax is a tax is
a tax. (:) Can you tell I don't like taxes?)
Becky
--- Family Tree Bookshop <>
wrote:
> Dear Jim:
> I think Becky stated the definition of the
> term pretty accurately. I
> would add one thing in understanding the term
> though. The alienation fee or
> fine was a means of revenue for the Calverts.
> Unlike today, where the land
> you sell is "your own"---thus private
> property---back then, all land really
> belonged to the Calverts. In theory it reverted
> back to the family, thus
> the alienation fine was a means of them getting a
> cut from the resale of the
> land. This is basically a reversion back to feudal
> concepts of land
> ownership.
>
> Hope this finds you well, and looking
> forward to seeing you next
> weekend.
> <<<Neil>>>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <>
> To:
> <>
> Date: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 10:10 PM
> Subject: [LDR] Alienation fines
>
>
> >Seeking an explanation for the term "alienation
> fine," which appears
> >throughout Dor Co property records. Usually, the
> fine is levied against
> >someone in conjunction with a property they
> recently purchased.
> >
> >I'm sure someone out there knows the answer.
> >
> >Jim Moore
> >Wilmington
> >
> >
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