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abfolute adminiſtrator affignment againſt alfo alienation alſo anceſtors antient bankrupt becauſe blood cafe caſe chattels common law confequence confideration conveyance copyhold courſe court court of equity creditors cuſtom debts deceaſed deed defcended devife deviſed dower Edward Coke efcheat eftate emblements eſtabliſhed eſtate executors expreffed faid fame father fecond fee-fimple feems feifed feifin feodal feoffment fervices feud fhall fhould fifters fince firft firſt focage fome forfeiture fpecies freehold ftatute ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed grant hath heir hereditaments himſelf houſe huſband Ibid iffue Inft inheritance intereft itſelf John Stiles joint-tenants king laft lands leaſe leffee Litt lord manor moſt muft muſt neceffary obferved otherwife perfon poffeffion prefent preſcription purchafor purchaſe purpoſe reaſon refpect remainder rent reverfion ſeems ſhall ſtill ſuch tail tenant tenements tenure thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe ufual unleſs uſe vefted veſted villein villenage void wife