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 Ch. 7. in tail, where the etate was created by the crown, and the remainder or reverion continues till in the crown, hall be of any force or effect. Which is allowing, indirecty and collaterally, their full force and effect with repect to ordinary etates-tail, where the royal prerogative is not concerned.

, by a tatute of the ucceeding year, all etates-tail are rendered liable to be charged for payment of debts due to the king by record or pecial contract; as, ince, by the bankrupt laws , they are alo ubjected to be old for the debts contracted by a bankrupt. And, by the contruction put on the tatute 43 Eliz. c. 4. an appointment by tenant in tail of the lands entailed, to a charitable ue, is good without fine or recovery.

, being thus by degrees unfettered, are now reduced again to almot the ame tate, even before iue born, as conditional fees were in at common law, after the condition was performed, by the birth of iue. For, firt, the tenant in tail is now enabled to aliene his lands and tenements by fine, by recovery, or by certain other means; and thereby to defeat the interet as well of his own iue, though unborn, as alo of the reverioner, except in the cae of the crown: econdly, he is now liable to forfeit them for high treaon: and, latly, he may charge them with reaonable leaes, and alo with uch of his debts as are due to the crown on pecialties, or have been contracted with his fellow-ubjects in a coure of extenive commerce.