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 144 Michaelmas next for twenty years, this is good; but to hold from Michaelmas next for the term of his natural life, is void. For no etate of freehold can commence in futuro; becaue it cannot be created at common law without livery of eiin, or corporal poeion of the land: and corporal poeion cannot be given of an etate now, which is not to commence now, but hereafter. And, becaue no livery of eiin is neceary to a leae for years, uch leee is not aid to be eied, or to have true legal eiin, of the lands. Nor indeed does the bare leae vet any etate in the leee; but only gives him a right of entry on the tenement, which right is called his interet in the term, or interee termini: but when he has actually o entered, and thereby accepted the grant, the etate is then and not before veted in him, and he is poeed, not properly of the land, but of the term of years : the poeion or eiin of the land remaining till in him who hath the freehold. Thus the word, term, does not merely ignify the time pecified in the leae, but the etate alo and interet that paes by that leae: and therefore the term may expire, during the continuance of the time; as by urrender, forfeiture, and the like. For which reaon, if I grant a leae to A for the term of three years, and after the expiration of the aid term to B for ix years, and A urrenders or forfeits his leae at the end of one year, B's interet hall immediately take effect: but if the remainder had been to B from and after the expiration of the aid three years, or from and after the expiration of the aid time, in this cae B's interet will not commence till the time is fully elaped, whatever may become of A's term.

for term of years hath incident to, and ineparable from his etate, unles by pecial agreement, the ame etovers, which we formerly oberved that tenant for life was entitled to; that is to ay, houe-bote, fire-bote, plough-bote, and hay-bote : terms which have been already explained. Rh