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HE objects of dominion or property are things, as contraditinguihed from perons: and things are by the law of England ditributed into two kinds; things real, and things peronal. Things real are uch as are permanent, fixed, and immoveable, which cannot be carried out of their place; as lands and tenements: things peronal are goods, money, and all other moveables; which may attend the owner's peron wherever he thinks proper to go.

treating of things real, let us conider, firt, their everal orts or kinds; econdly, the tenures by which they may be holden; thirdly, the etates which may be had in them; and, fourthly, the title to them, and the manner of acquiring and loing it.

, with regard to their everal orts or kinds, things real are uually aid to conit in lands, tenements, or hereditaments. Land comprehends all things of a permanent, ubtantial nature; being a word of a very extenive ignification, as will preently appear more at large. Tenement is a word of till greater extent; and though in it's vulgar acceptation it is only applied to