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FREEHOLDS
AND

COPYHOLDS.

--for quiet enjoyment;

power, and lawful and absolute authority to direct, limit, and appoint, and grant, bargain, sell, release, and confirm the said three last-mentioned undivided fourth parts or shares of and in the said freehold hereditaments comprised in the said first schedule to these presents, with the appurtenances, to the use of the said A. B., her heirs and assigns for ever, in manner aforesaid, according to the true intent and meaning of these premises, and also to appoint and surrender, or procure to be surrendered, the said three lastmentioned undivided fourth parts or shares of and in the said copyhold hereditaments comprised in the said first schedule to these presents, with the appurtenances, to the use of the said A. B., her heirs and assigns for ever, in manner aforesaid, according to the true intent and meaning of these presents: AND THAT it shall be lawful for the said A. B., her heirs and assigns, from time to time and at all times hereafter, peaceably and quietly to enter into and upon, and to have, hold, occupy, possess, and enjoy the said three last-mentioned undivided fourth parts or shares of the said freehold and copyhold hereditaments comprised in the said first schedule to these presents, and to receive and take the rents, issues, and profits thereof, and of every part thereof, accordingly, without the lawful let, suit, trouble, denial, eviction, interruption, claim, or demand whatsoever, of or by them the said G. H. and J. H., H. B., C. D., and Q. D., or any of them, their or any of their heirs or assigns, or of or by any other person or persons lawfully or equitably claiming or to claim by, from, or under or in trust for them or any of them, or by, from, or under the said J. B., or any of the ancestors of the said J. H., H. B., and C. D., (other than and except any person or persons claiming in respect of the one fourth part hereinbefore intended to be charged on the said hereditaments comprised in the said first schedule to these presents, of -free from in- the said annual sum or yearly rent-charge of £): AND THAT free and clear, and freely and clearly and absolutely acquitted, exonerated, released, and for ever discharged, or otherwise, by the said G. H., H. B., and C. D., or some or one of them, their or some or one of their heirs, executors, or administrators, well and sufficiently saved, defended, kept

cumbrances;

AND COPYHOLDS.

ther assurance.

harmless, and indemnified, of, from, and against all and FREEHOLDS all manner of former and other estates, titles, troubles, charges, debts, and incumbrances whatsoever, either already had, made, executed, occasioned, or suffered by the said G. H., J. H., H. B., C. D., and Q. D., or any of them, their or any of their heirs, or by any person or persons lawfully or equitably claiming or to claim by, from, or under or in trust for them, or any of them, or by, from, or under the said J. B., or any of the ancestors of the said J. H., H. B., and Q. D., (other than and except the said one fourth part intended to be hereby charged on the said freehold and copyhold hereditaments comprised in the said first schedule to these presents, of the said annual sum or rent-charge of £): AND FURTHER, THAT they the and for fursaid G. H. and J. H., H. B., and C. D. and Q. D., and every of them, their and every of their heirs, and all and every other person or persons having or claiming, or who shall or may have or claim, any estate, right, title, inheritance, use, trust, property, claim, or demand whatsoever, either at law or in equity, of, in, to, or out of the said three last-mentioned undivided fourth parts or shares of and in the said freehold and copyhold hereditaments comprised in the said first schedule to these presents, or any part thereof, by, from, or under or in trust for them, the said G. H., J. H., H. B., C. D., and Q. D., or any of them, their or any of their heirs, or by, from, or under the said J. B., or any of the ancestors of the said J. H., H. B., and Q. D., (other than and except any person or persons claiming in respect of the said one fourth part intended to be hereby charged upon the hereditaments comprised in the said first schedule to these presents, of the said annual sum or yearly rent-charge of £), shall and will, from time to time and at all times hereafter, upon every reasonable request to be made for that purpose, by and at the proper costs and charges in the law of the said A. B., her heirs or assigns, make, do, acknowledge, and execute, or cause and procure to be made, done, acknowledged, and executed, all and every such further and other lawful and reasonable acts, deeds, things, devices, conveyances, surrenders, and assurances in the law whatsoever, for the

FREEHOLDS
AND
COPYHOLDS.

Covenants as to the hereditaments in the second sche

dule;

further, better, more perfectly and absolutely appointing, granting, conveying, surrendering, and assuring of the said three last-mentioned undivided fourth parts or shares of and in the said freehold and copyhold hereditaments comprised in the said first schedule to these presents, with their appurtenances, to the use of the said A. B., her heirs and assigns, as by the said A. B. her heirs or assigns, or her or their counsel in the law, shall be reasonably devised, or advised and required: AND THE SAID A.B., so far as relates to the undivided fourth part or share to which she the said A. B. became entitled as hereinbefore is mentioned of and in the freehold and copyhold hereditaments comprised in the said second schedule to these presents, and the right to convey and surrender the same, and the quiet enjoyment, freedom from incumbrances, and further assurance thereof, doth hereby for herself, her heirs, executors, and administrators, and the said H. B., so far as relates to the undivided fourth part or share to which she the said H. B. became entitled as hereinbefore is mentioned of and in the same premises, and the right to convey and surrender the same, and the quiet enjoyment, freedom from incumbrances, and further assurance thereof, doth hereby for herself, her heirs, executors, and administrators, and the said C. D., so far as relates to the undivided fourth part or share to which the said L. M. and N. P. (as such trustees as aforesaid) became entitled as hereinbefore is mentioned of and in the same premises, and the power to appoint and convey and surrender the same, and the quiet enjoyment, freedom from incumbrances, and further assurance thereof, doth hereby for himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant with the said C. D. and E. F., their heirs and assigns, in manner following: (that is to say), THAT &c. [Covenants for title as to the hereditaments in the second schedule, similar to the preceding covenants as to the hereditaments in the first schedule— similar covenants with H. B., her heirs and assigns, as to the hereditaments in the third schedule by the owners of the third and fourth hereditaments in the first, second, and fourth schedules— similar covenants with L. M. and N. P., their heirs and assigns, as to the hereditaments in the fourth schedule, by

-and as to the hereditaments in the

schedules.

the owners of the hereditaments in the first, second, and third schedules]. IN WITNESS &c. (o).

(0) To give validity to the conveyances by married women, (supra, pp. 215, 216), the deed must be acknowledged by them. (See ante, Vol. 3, p. 198). The words "dispose of" should also be introduced into their conveyances; and the expression "and as to the said [woman], with the concurrence of the said [husband], testified by his being a party to and executing these presents." But, in the present case, it is the conveyance by the trustees which is effective.

FREEHOLDS

AND

COPY HOLDS.

Conveyances by married

women.

XV.

PARTITION by TENANTS FOR LIFE and in

BY TENANTS FOR LIFE AND

IN TAIL OF

TAIL of a MANOR, ADVOWSON, and FREEHOLD
Lands-the MANOR being taken in SEVERALTY AN ADVOWSON
by one Party.

AND LANDS.

THIS INDENTURE, made &c. BETWEEN A. B., of &c., Parties.
[tenant for life of one moiety], of the first part; C. B.,
of &c., [tenant in tail of the same moiety], of the second
part; D. E., of &c., [tenant for life of part of the other
moiety], of the third part; F. E., G. E., H. E., and I. E.,
all of &c., spinsters, [tenants in tail of the same moiety],
of the fourth part; and C. D., of &c., [releasee], of the fifth
part: WHEREAS K. L., late of &c., duly made, signed, and
published his last will and testament in writing, bearing date
the day of, and thereby, (after reciting that he
was seised in fee-simple of the reversion), subject to the life
estate of his wife, M. L., of the manor and advowson of

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-, in the county of, and other the messuages, lands, and hereditaments comprised in the settlement made on his marriage with her, situate in the parishes of -——————, in the same county, and that since his said marriage he had added to the said settled estates a cottage and garden in the parish of, then occupied by, which he received in exchange, and also divers lands and hereditaments in the

Recital of a will devising manor, advowson, and lands, to devi

sees to uses;

BY TENANTS parishes of

FOR LIFE AND

IN TAIL OF

AND LANDS.

-to use of testator's wife M. L. for life;

-with remain.

der, as to an

undivided third

part, to his daughter N. P. for life;

der to the use

of trustees, to preserve contingent remainders;

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and

which he the said testator had purchased in fee-simple, and that he had purchased the landAN ADVOWSON tax on all his said estates, devised all the said manors, advowsons, messuages, lands and hereditaments, and land-tax (except the cottage and garden at, then occupied by and the land-tax thereon) to X. and Y., to the several uses, trusts, and purposes, and under and subject to such powers, provisoes, and declarations as are thereinafter mentioned of and concerning the same: (that is to say), As to THE SAID after-purchased lands and hereditaments and landtax, to the use of his said wife, the said M. L., for her life, WITH REMAINDER, as to one third of and in all the said premises thereinbefore devised, to the use of his the said testator's daughter N. P. for her life, without impeachment of waste: WITH REMAINDER to the use of the said X. and —with remain Y., their executors, administrators, and assigns, during the life of the said N. P., in trust for her, and to preserve the contingent remainders thereinafter limited: WITH REMAINDER to the use of such son of the said N. P., or such -with remain grandson being the issue of a deceased son of the said N. P., and the heirs of the body of such son or grandson, with such remainders in succession to any other of such sons or grandsons, and the heirs of their respective bodies, as the said N. P. should, by any deed or deeds, or by her last will, either revocably or irrevocably appoint the same: AND IN DEFAULT of and subject to such appointment, to the use of the first and every other son of the said N. P. successively, according to their respective seniorities, in tail general: WITH REMAINDER to the use of such daughter or daughters of the said N. P., and the heirs of their respective bodies, either severally, or in such shares, and with such remainders in succession, to any others of such daughters, and the heirs of their respective bodies, as the said N. P. should in manner therein mentioned appoint the same: AND IN DEFAULT of and subject to such appointment, to the use of all and every the daughters and daughter of the said N. P., equally between them as tenants in common in tail general, with cross remainders between them in tail general: AND other undivided AS TO ONE OTHER undivided third part of the same prethird part, to mises, to the use of his the said testator's daughter, the said favour of A. B. A. B., (then the wife of R. B., now deceased), and her sons,

der in tail to such son or

grandson as N. P. should appoint;

--and, in default, to her first and other sons in tail;

-with remain

der to her

daughters as she should appoint in tail;

--and, in default, to the daughters, as tenants in com

mon in tail, with cross remainders.

And as to an

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