Page:William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England (3rd ed, 1768, vol II).djvu/290

 274 hall be given for or charged with any charitable ues whatoever, unles by deed indented, executed in the pretence of two witnees twelve calendar months before the death of the donor, and enrolled in the court of chancery within ix months after it's execution, (except tocks in the public funds, which may be transferred within ix months previous to the donor's death) and unles uch gift be made to take effect immediately, and be without power of revocation: and that all other gifts hall be void. The two univerities, their colleges, and the cholars upon the foundation of the colleges of Eaton, Wincheter, and Wetminter, are excepted out of this act: but uch exemption was granted with this provio, that no college hall be at liberty to purchae more advowons, than are equal in number to one moiety of the fellows or tudents, upon the repective foundations.

2., alienation to an alien is alo a caue of forfeiture to the crown of the lands o alienated, not only on account of his incapacity to hold them, which occaions him to be paed by in decents of lands , but likewie on account of his preumption in attempting, by an act of his own, to acquire any real property; as was oberved in the preceding volume.

3., alienations by particular tenants, when they are greater than the law entitles them to make, and devet the remainder or reverion , are alo forfeitures to him whoe right is attacked thereby. As, if tenant for his own life alienes by feoffment or fine for the life of another, or in tail, or in fee; thee being etates, which either mut or may lat longer than his own, the creating them is not only beyond his power, and inconitent with the nature of his interet, but is alo a forfeiture of his own particular etate tohim in remainder or reverion. For which there eem to be two reaons. Firt, becaue uch alienation amounts to a renuntiation of the feodal connexion and dependence; it implies a refual to perform the due renders and ervices to the lord Rh