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 43^ C. 10. Anno tricefimo tertio Georgii II. ^*^* ^7BQl Fine, Penalty or Forfeiture ftiall be to his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, and the other Moietv* to him or them who {hall difcover, inform, or fue for the fame. '' XX. And be it hereby further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons {I12II be fucd, molefled, or profecuted for any Thing done by virtue or in purfuance of this Act fuch.' General Iffue. Perfon or Perfons fhall and may plead the General IlTue, and give thi:. A<^ and the Special Matter in Evidence in his or their Defence or Defences ; and if afterwards a Verdi6t fliall pafs for the Defendant or Defendants, or the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs fhall difcontinue his, her or their A£lion of Atftions, or be nonfuited, or Judgment fhall be given againfl: him, her or them, upon Demurrer Treble Coih. or otherwifc ; then fuch Defendant or Defendants mail have have Treble Cofls awarded to him her Sci farther ch. aS. avd or thciiij againfl any fuch Plaintiff or Plaintiffs. * % G:3, 3. f. 5t CAP. X. An A6t to enable his Majefty to make Leafes and Copies of Offices, Lands, and Heredi- nients. Parcel of his Dutchy of Cornwall^ or annexed to the fame ; and for other Pur- pofes therein mentioned, KtaaiVlai ' WJ tl E R E A S his moft Excellent Majefty now ftands feized of the Dutchy of Cornwall ' granting Leafes, and making Copies of Offices, Lands, and Hereditaments, Parcel of his faid ' of tiie Minds of fuch Perfons as have taken, or fhall hereafter take Leafes from his faid moft Ex- ' ceilent Majefty ; and to the end that fuch Perfons may be fure to have good and indefeazable moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal leafes and Grants made and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That all by Copy of Court Roll, Leafes and Grants, made or to be made by Copy of Court Roll, according to the Cuftom of the d;t<.mems, Parcel of the according to the Cuftom of the refpe6ive Manors, of any Offices, Meffuages, Parks, Lands, Tene- Ducchy of Cornwall, ments. Hereditaments (other than Honours, Lordfliips or Manors) Parcel of the Poffeffions of the cr annexed thereto, de- f^jj J)^rchy of 6V;7ta?//, Or annexed to the fame, fliall be good and eftedtual in Law, accordino- tlared to be good againft ^^^ ^.j^^ Purport and Contents of the fame Copies, Leafes and Grants, againft our Sovereign Lord the ^°*^"' King, his Heirs ai-,d Succeilbrs, and againft all and every other Perfon or Perfons that Ihall at any 7"ime hereafter have, inherit or enjoy the faid Dutchy, by Force of any Ad of Parliament, or by other Limitation whatfoever. fo as fuch Leafes be not H. Provided always. That every Leafe or Grant fo made, or to be made, be not for more than for moie than 3 Lives, Qj-jg^ j^^q q,- three Lives, or for one and thirty Years, or under, or for fome Term of Years deter- V^ T^bf'u-ont'hrir '""'nable upon one, two or three Lives, and not above ; and if fuch Leafes or Grants be made ia CntTzxlhimai'. ^" Reverfion or Expedancy, that then the fame, together with the Eftates in Pofteffion, do not exceed /.nd if in Expe(it'ancy three Livcs, or the Term of one and thirty Years, and be not any wife made difpuniihable of Wafte ; cf Rtveificin, and fo as upon every fuch Leafe or Grant be, or fhall be, refcrvcd the antient or moft ufual Rent jioi exceeding 3 Lives, ^^^ rnore, or fuch Rent as hath been referved, yielded or paid for the fame Manors, Lands or Hcre* and^foI^heVamci.e not '^'""^'^"^^' ^°'' ^'^^ greater Part of twenty Years next before the making of the faid Leafes j and d"v,nifliabie of Wafte J v/here no fuch Rent hath been referved or payable, that then, upon every fuch Leafe, there be, and the ufual Rent, ' or fhall be, rcferved a reafonable Rent, not bein^ under the twentieth Part of ihe clear yearly «r, where there was none Value of the Manors, Meffuages, Parks, Lands, T ythes. Tenements or Hereditaments, contained before, a reafonable Kent jj^ ^^^-^ Lcafc or Grant ; and all Leafes and Grants otherwife made, or to be made, fhall be nidi be re(ervea. i • 1 and void. The Covenants, &c. in IIL And be it further ordained and enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That all Covenants, Con- furh Leafes or Grants ditioDS, Rcfervations, and Other Agreements, contained in every Leafe, Graiit, or Copy of Court 4ecmed good iaLaw. K.oil, made or to be made as aforefaid, fhall be good and efFedtual in Law, according to the Words and Contents of the fame, as well for and againft them to whom the Reverftons of the fame Lands, l Tenements and Hereditaments fhall come, as for and againft them to whom the Intereft of the find Leafes, Grants, or Copies fhall come refpedlivcly, as if our Sovereip;n Lord the King's Majefty, at the Time of making fuch Covenants Conditions, and Rcfervations, and other Agreements, were feized of an abfolute Eftate, in Fee Simple, in the fame Lands, Tenements, or Heredita- ments. UtifttaticnofRigbw. IV. Saving always, to all and every Perfon and Perfons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, their Heirs and Succeflbrs, Executors, Adminlftrators, and Afligns (other than to our laid Sovereign Lord the King, and his Heirs and Succeflbrs ; and the Duke and Dukes oi Cornwull for the Time being, and his and their Heirs ; and all and every other Perfon and Perfons that fliall hereafter have, inherit or enjoy the faid Dukedom oi Cornwall ^ by force of any Adl: of Parliament or other Limita- tion whatfoever) all fuch Rights, Titles, Eftates, Cuftoms, Intcrcfts, Tenures, Claims, and De- mands whatfoever, of what Nature^ Kind or (Quality foevcr, of, in, to, or out of, the faid Offices, Landsy
 * W '^^^'^ '■'"^ Poffeffions thereof: And whereas fomc Doubts may arife in relation to his Majefty'*
 * Dutchy, or thereunto annexed or belonging : For obviating whereof, and for the Eafe and Qiiiet
 * Eftatcs, and be encouraged to lay out Monies in building and repairing, or otherwife improving
 * the feveral I^ands and Tenements to them demifed or to be demifed ;' Be it enaited by the Kino-'s