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Liberum tenementum

sustained by proof of any estate of freehold, whether in fee, in tail, or for life only, and whether in possession

Casu consimill

tenant by the courtesy, or tenant for life, alienated in fee, or in tail, or for another's life, and was brought

Conditional limitation

a remainder. At the Common Law whenever either the whole fee or a particular estate, as an estate for life or … a particular estate, as an estate for life or in tail, was first limited, no condition or other quality could be

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Cui ante divortium

to recover her lands and tenements which she had in fee simple or in tail, or for life, from him to

Gift

a feoffment they strictly confine to the creation of a fee simple estate. The operative verb was 'give,' which no longer

Limited owner

or by the courtesy, or other person not having a fee-simple in his absolute disposition. The legal estates of limited owners … Limited owner. A tenant for life, in tail or by the courtesy, or other person not having a

Right patent

advowson, or common, and lay only for an estate in fee-simple, and not for him who had a lesser estate, as

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