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 162 the imilitude of a freehold, and nullum imile et idem." This indeed only proves them to be chattel interets, becaue they go to the executors, which is inconitent with the nature of a freehold: but it does not aign the reaon why thee etates, in contraditinction to other uncertain interets, hall vet in the executors of the tenant and not the heir; which is probably owing to this: that, being a ecurity and remedy provided for peronal debts owing to the deceaed, to which debts the executor is intitled, the law has therefore thus directed their ucceion; as judging it reaonable, from a principle of natural equity, that the ecurity and remedy hould be veted in them, to whom the debts if recovered would belong. And, upon the ame principle, if lands be devied to a man's executor, until out of their profits the debts due from the tetator be dicharged, this interet in the lands hall be a chattel interet, and on the death of uch executor hall go to his executors : becaue they, being liable to pay the original tetator's debts, o far as his aets will extend, are in reaon intitled to poes that fund, out of which he has directed them to be paid.