Feoffee to uses, the person in whom, before the Statute of Uses, the legal seisin or feudal tenancy of the land was vested, the substantial and beneficial ownership or use being in the cestui qui use. The statute put an end to the estate of the feoffee to uses by transferring the possession from him to the cestui que use, who had now the legal estate, the use in his favour being executed by the statute. The (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 207, 7th Sched., has repealed the Statute of Uses in regard to dealings taking effect after 1925 and vests the legal ownership in the grantee, the beneficial owner (if another) becoming a mere cestui que trust; see also L.P. Act, 1925, 1st Sched. Part II., para 3, and L.P. (Amendment) Act, 1926, Sched. See USE.
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