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FOR AN EX-
CHANGE.

do not make

out his title,

void.

That conveyances shall be

executed of the

date hereof, at his own expense, deliver to the other of them, or his solicitor, an abstract of the title of him the said A. B. or C. D. to the said hereditaments and premises If either party hereinbefore agreed to be sold by him respectively; THAT in case either of them, the said A. B. and C. D., shall fail agreement to be in deducing a good title to the said hereditaments and premises hereinbefore agreed to be sold by him respectively, then this agreement shall be void and of no effect in respect to both of the aforesaid sales; and each of them the said A. B. and C. D., shall pay his own expenses, whether incurred in investigating the title of the other of them, or otherwise howsoever, in relation to this agreement; THAT in case each of them, the said A. B. and C. D., shall succeed in deducing a good title to the said respective pro- hereditaments and premises herein before agreed to be sold perties, by him respectively, then the said A. B. shall, on the day of next, execute and procure to be executed by all other necessary parties (if any), a proper conveyance of the said firstly hereinbefore described hereditaments, with their appurtenances, and the inheritance thereof, in fee simple, free from incumbrances, unto the said C. D., his heirs and assigns, or to such uses as he or they shall direct; and the said C. D. shall, on the same day, execute and procure to be executed, by all other necessary parties (if any), a proper conveyance of the said secondly herein before described hereditaments, with their appurtenances, and the inheritance thereof, in fee simple, free from incumbrances, unto the said A. B., his heirs and assigns, or to such uses as he or they shall direct; THAT the said conveyances shall be respectively prepared by, and at the expense of, the party to whom they are to be made, and shall be respectively tendered or left by such party, on the said day of THAT the said sales and purchases shall be completed on the said day of, and at the place lastly hereinbefore mentioned; and the said A. B. and C. D. shall, on that day, be respectively let into the possession [or into the receipt of the rents and profits] of the said hereditaments and premises hereinbefore agreed to be purchased by them respectively, and up to that day all

-at the expense of the persons to

whom they are respectively made.

Purchases to be completed on a given day.

at

;

FOR AN EX-
CHANGE.

Arrangement,

in case they be

not completed.

outgoings payable out of the said hereditaments and premises respectively, [by the landlord], shall be discharged by the person by whom the same respectively are hereinbefore agreed to be sold; THAT, if from any cause, the said sales and purchases shall not be completed on the said day of -, and shall afterwards be completed, the said A. B. and C. D. shall be respectively entitled, from the said day of, to the possession, [or to the receipt of the rents and profits]; and shall, from the same day, discharge the outgoings of the premises purchased by them respectively; THAT the agreement hereby entered into shall not be considered as an agreement for an exchange; THAT each of them the said A. B. and C. D., Each party to

shall pay his own expenses of investigating the title of the pay his own ex

penses.

clause.

other of them, and otherwise, in relation to the said sales and purchases, and also one equal half-part of the expenses of these articles of agreement; THAT if any mistake, Compensation capable of compensation, be made, in the description of either of the aforesaid properties, such mistake shall not annul the sales aforesaid, but a compensation shall be allowed and accepted for the same, and such compensation and also any dispute or difference which may arise respecting any of the premises or matters aforesaid, shall be settled by two referees, or their umpire, in manner following; (that is to say), each party shall, within fourteen days after notice, to that effect, shall have been given, appoint one referee, by writing; and the referees so appointed shall, before they commence their duty, appoint an umpire, by writing, and the decision of such referees, if they agree, or of such umpire, if they disagree, shall be final. If either party shall neglect, or refuse to appoint a referee, within the time specified, the referee appointed by the other party shall, alone, make a final decision. IN WITNESS &c.

FOR AN EXCHANGE AND ACT OF PARLIAMENT.

Parties.

VIII.

AGREEMENT for an EXCHANGE, and to apply for an AcT of PARLIAMENT to give Effect thereto.

ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT made and entered into &c. BETWEEN A. B., of &c., spinster, (the eldest of the four daughters, and coheirs of J. B., deceased), of the first part; C. B., of &c., (the widow of the said J. B.), of the second part; D. E., of &c., and F. E. his wife, (formerly F. B. spinster, another of the daughters, and coheirs of the said J. B.), of the third part; G. B., of &c., spinster, (another of the daughters and coheirs of the said J. B.), of the fourth part; and H. I., of &c., and L. I. his wife, (formerly L. B. spinster, the other daughter and coheir of the said Recital of will. J. B.), of the fifth part: [Recites will of M. N. and settlement, in pursuance thereof, under which A. B. is tenant for life, with remainder to her children in tail, with remainders to her sisters and their children in like manner]: AND WHEREAS, the said J. B. being seised or entitled of or to several freehold messuages, lands, tenements, and other hereditaments, for an estate of inheritance, in fee simple; and being seised or entitled of or to several copyhold hereditaments, according to the customs of the several manors, of which the same were respectively holden, died, on or about the day of, intestate, leaving the said A. B., F. E., G. B., and L. I., his coheirs-at-law, and also his coheirs, according to the customs of the said manors, of which the said copyhold or customary hereditaments are holden: [Recites settlement of the share of F. E. on her ments of shares. marriage, setting out the power of exchange at length; and similarly the settlement on the marriage of L. I.]; AND WHEREAS the hereditaments mentioned and comprised in

-of death of an ancestor, intestate.

-of settle

-that hereditaments in first

FOR AN EXCHANGE AND

ACT OF

PARLIAMENT. schedule are

not a convenient part of devised estate;

-that the he

reditaments in second schedule with the de

are intermixed

vised estate;

reditaments in

dules are of

equal value;

that exchange will be

advantageous.

the first schedule hereunder written, or hereunto annexed, being part of the said estates devised by the said will of M. N., lie detached and inconvenient to be held with the residue of the said estates devised by the same will; AND WHEREAS the hereditaments mentioned and comprised in the second schedule hereunder written, or hereunto annexed, being part of the said estates which descended upon the said A. B., F. E., G. B., and L.'I., on the death of the said J. B., lie intermixed with the bulk of the said estates devised by the said will of the said M. N., and are convenient to be held therewith; AND WHEREAS the said here--that the heditaments mentioned and comprised in the said first sche- the two schedule, and the said hereditaments mentioned and comprised in the said second schedule, are of equal value, as appears by a survey and valuation lately made of the same premises respectively, by X. and Y., surveyors and valuers, appointed for that purpose by the said parties to these presents; AND WHEREAS, it would be for the advantage of all the persons interested, if an exchange were effected of the said hereditaments mentioned and comprised in the said first schedule, for the said hereditaments mentioned and comprised in the said second schedule: Now, for effect- Agreement to uating such exchange, it is hereby agreed between the said A. B., on the one part; and the said C. B., D. E., and F. E., G. B., and H. I., and L. I., on the other part; that, as soon as the circumstances of the case will admit, an exchange shall be effected of the said hereditaments mentioned and comprised in the said first schedule hereunder written or hereunto annexed, for the said hereditaments mentioned and comprised in the said second schedule hereunder written or hereunto annexed; THAT, upon the said exchange, Hereditaments the said hereditaments comprised in the said first schedule hereunder written or hereunto annexed, shall be assured, certain uses. limited, and settled, (freed and absolutely discharged of and from all and singular the uses, trusts, powers, provisoes, and declarations, in and by the said will of the said M. N., and the said indenture of release and settlement of the day of or either of them, limited, declared,

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in first schedule to be limited to

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in manner hereinafter mentioned or referred to; (that is to say), AS To one undivided fourth part or share PARLIAMENT. thereof, to the use of the said A. B., her heirs and assigns; AND AS TO one other undivided fourth part or share thereof, to the use of the said [trustees of settlement of F. E.], their heirs and assigns, upon and for the trusts, intents, and purposes, and with, under, and subject to the powers, provisoes, agreements, and declarations in and by the said indenture of the day of [the settlement], expressed, declared, and contained of and concerning the undivided part or share, and premises therein comprised, or such of them as shall be subsisting or capable of taking effect; AND AS TO one other undivided fourth part or share thereof, to the use of the said G. B., her heirs and assigns; AND AS To the remaining undivided fourth part or share, [to trustees of L. I.'s settlement, as Hereditaments before for F. E.]; THAT upon the said exchange, the said in second sche- hereditaments mentioned and comprised in the said second schedule hereunder written, or hereunto annexed, shall be assured, limited, and settled, (freed and discharged of and from the dower or thirds and freebench of the said C. B., in or out of the same, and also freed and discharged of and from the trusts, intents, and purposes, powers, provisoes, agreements, and declarations in and by the said indentures of the day of and the of, respectively, [the marriage settlements], declared or contained of or concerning the said respective undivided parts or shares of the said F. E. and L. I. of and in the same premises) To the uses upon and for the trusts, intents, and purposes, and with, under, and subject to the powers, provisoes, and declarations, to, upon, for, with, under, and subject to which the said hereditaments mentioned and comprised in the said first schedule hereunder written, or hereunto annexed, now stand limited and settled under or by virtue of the said will of the said M. N., and the said indenture of release and settlement of the

mited to certain

other uses.

All parties to

apply for an act

of parliament.

day

day of; THAT the said parties to these presents, or their respective heirs or assigns, shall and will forthwith apply to parliament, and endeavour to obtain an act for

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