ABSTRACT The extent to which real actions such as mort d’ancestor were used collusively for conveyancing purposes in the early years of the English common law is subject to debate. This article first discusses why parties to a transfer of land might engage in collusive litigation, before surveying the existing literature on the question of how collusive suits can be identified, and the suggestions which have been made as to the prevalence of collusive litigation in the late-twelfth and early-thirteenth centuries. It then discusses a method which may be used to provide a more precise answer to this question, and employs this method to uncover the extent to which mort d’ancestor could have been used collusively in the period c.1198–1230. It concludes with a suggestion that this method could be used in relation to other early common law actions to further our understanding of litigation and conveyancing in the period.

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英国普通法早期的串通诉讼：将 Mort D'Ancestor 用于产权转让 c．1198–1230

摘要 在英国普通法的早期，诸如mort d'ancestor 等真实行为在多大程度上被串通用于过户目的是有争议的。本文首先探讨了土地出让各方为何会发生串通诉讼，然后对现有的串通诉讼认定问题文献进行了梳理，并对近年来串通诉讼的普遍性提出了建议。 - 十二世纪和十三世纪初。然后讨论了一种可以用来为这个问题提供更精确答案的方法，并使用这种方法来揭示 mort d'ancestor 在 1198 年至 1230 年期间可能被串通使用的程度。