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 A. D. 1760. Anno primo Georgii III. C. 12, 13. 539 Time hereafter have, inherit, or enjoy the faid Dutchy, by force of any A£l of Parliament, or by other Limitation whatfoever. ,. t /- /- II. Provided always. That every fuch Leafe or Grant fo made or to be made be not for more than Co as fuch Leafes be not one,' two, or three Lives, or for one and thirty Years, or under, or for fome Term of Years teeter- ^"'^'"°^^^^|'^*"3^^'v«, minable upon one, two, or three Lives, and not above; and if fuch Leafes or Grants be made in d't^/^i,"b]e' upon 3^'™ Reverfion or Expectancy, that then the fame, together with the Eftates in PofiefTion, do not exceed Lives at the moft ; and three Lives, or the Term of one and thirty Years, or fome Term of Years determinable upon one, if in Expeaancy or Re- two, or three Lives, and be not in any wife made difpunifliable of Wafte, and fo as upon every fuch^ :"^'''^'^» '^°^ exceeding ^ Leafe or Grant be or fhall be referved the ancient or mofl: ufual Rent, or more, or fuch Rent as bath J-^^^^'^.;^^^^ ^he flme be been referved, yielded, or paid for the fame Manors, Lands or Hereditaments, for the greater Part of not difpuniiliabie of twenty Years next before the making of the faid Leafes ; and where no fuch Rent hath been referved Wafte, and the ufa.ii or payable, that then, upon every fuch Leafe, there be or (hall be referved a reafonable Rent, Rent > not beingunder the twentieth Part of the clear yearly Value of the Manors, MefTuages, Parks, Lands, ^■^'^^^J^'^l^^^^j'^^"^^^^;^'^* Tythes, Tenements, or Hereditaments contained in fuch Leafe or Grant; and all Leafes and Grants gbkRenT be refe7ved.' otherwife made, or to be made, fliall be null and void. in. And be it further ordained and enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That all Covenants, The Covenants, &c. in Conditions, Refervations, and other Agreements, contained in every Leafe, Grant, or Copy of Court ''^c^ f*^"a' ^L^"" Roll made or to be made as aforefaid, thall be good and efFedlual in Law, according to the Words *^^^'"^° ^° mi^aw. and Contents of the fame, as well for and againft them to whom the Reverfions of the fame Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments fhall come, as for and againft them to whom the Intereft of the faid Leafes, Grants, or Copies fhall come refpedlively, as if our Sovereign Lord the King's Majefty at the Time of making fuch Covenants, Conditions, and Refervations, and other Agreements, were feifed of an abfolute Eftate in Fee-fimple in the fame Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments : Saving always, to all and every Perfon and Perfons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, their Heirs and Sue- Refervation of Rights, ceflbrs. Executors, Adminiftrators, and Afligns (other than to our faid Sovereign Lord the King, and his Heirs and Succeffbrs, and the Duke and Dukes of Cornwall for the Time being, and his and their Heirs, and all and every other Perfon and Perfons, that fhall hereafter have, inherit, or enjoy the faid Dukedom of Corntvall^ by force of any A61: of Parliament, or other Limitation whatfoever) all fuch Rights, Titles, Eftates, Cuftoms, Interefts, Tenures, Claims, and Demands whatfoever, of what Nature, Kind, or Quality foever, of, in, to, or out of the faid Offices, Lands, Tenements or Here- ditaments, or any of them, as they or any of them had, or ought to have had, before the making of this A(St, to all Intents and Purpofes, and in as large and ample Manner and Form, as if this ASt had never been had or made j this A<St, or any Thing herein contained to the contrary, notwith- ftanding. CAP. XIL An k6k to indemnify Perfons who have omitted to qualify themfelves for Offices and Employments j and to indemnify Juftices of the Peace, Deput}^ Lieutenants, Officers of the Militia, and others, who have omitted to regifter or to deliver in their Qualifications within the Time limited by hdw; Set farther ^ Geo. 3. f, and for giving further Time for thofe Purpofes. EXP. Farther Time given to 12 Feb. 1762. ^Z- 3<^"' 3- f- 5* CAP. XIII. An A61 to amend an Ad pafTed in the eighteenth Year of the Reign of Yi'cgGeorge the Second, concerning the Qualification of Juflices of the Peace ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. an A£} pajjed in the fifth Tear of his prefent Majefty' s Reign, i}ttituled. An Ad for the further Qualifi-S^s 5 Cm. a. c 18. cation of Juftices of the Peace ; it was ena£ted. That from and after the tv/cnty-fifth Day of March ' one thoufand feven hundred and forty-fix, no Perfon fhould be capable of being a Juftice of the ' Peace, or of acling as fuch, for any County, Riding or Divifion, v/ithin that Part of Great Britain ' for his ownUfe and Benefit, in PofTeffion, a Freehold, Copyhold, or Cuftomary Efrate for Life, or ' for fome greater Eftate, or an Eftate for fome long Term of Years, determinable upon one or more ' Life or Lives, or for a certain Term, originally created for twenty-one Years, or more, in Lands, ' Tenements or Hereditaments, lying or bein^ in that Part of Great Er:fain called England, or the ' Principality of JVales, of the clear yearly value of one hundred Poun.ls, over and above what ' fhould fatisfy and difcharge all Incumbrances that affect the fame, and over and above all Rents r.nd ' Charges, payable out of or in refpedl of the fame, or who fhould not be feifed of or intitled unto, Z z z 2 which
 * "IT/HEREAS byanAa of Parliament made in the eighteenth Year of his late Majefty KingP^^?.'"'''^' reciting Aft
 * VV G^org--? the Second, of glorious Memory, intitled. An A£i to amend and render more ejfeSlual ^' ^°'
 * called England., or the Principality of Wales, who fhould not have either in Law or Equity, to and
 * in Law or Equity, to and for his own Ufe and Benefit, the immediate Reverfion or Remainder of
 * and in Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, lying or being as aforefaid, which were leafed for one,
 * -two or three Lives, or for any Term of Years determinable upon the Death of one, two, or three
 * Lives, upon referved Rents, and which were of the clear yearly Value of three hundred Pounds j
 * .and who fhould not before he takes upon himfelf to a6t as a Juftice of Peace, after the faid twenty-
 * fifth Day of March^ at fome General or Quarter Seffions for the"County, Riding, or Divifion, for