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 Ch. 20. o related to the other, as to make but one and the ame etate in law. 3. By way of paing a right, or mitter le droit: as if a man be dieied, and releaeth to his dieior all his right; hereby the dieior acquires a new right, which changes the quality of his etate, and renders that lawful which before was tortious. 4. By way of extinguihment: as if my tenant for life makes a leae to A for life, remainder to B and his heirs, and I releae to A; this extinguihes my right to the reverion, and hall enure to the advantage of B's remainder as well as of A's particular etate. 5. By way of entry and feoffment: as if there be two joint dieiors, and the dieiee releaes to one of them, he hall be ole eied; and hall keep out his former companion; which is the ame in effect as if the dieiee had entered, and thereby put an end to the dieiin, and afterwards had enfeoffed one of the dieiors in fee. And hereupon we may oberve, that when a man has in himelf the poeion of lands, he mut at the common law convey the freehold by feoffment and livery; which makes a notoriety in the country: but if a man has only a right or a future interet, he may convey that right or interet by a mere releae to him that is in poeion of the land: for the occupancy of the releee is a matter of ufficient notoriety already.

8. is of a nature nearly allied to a releae. Sir Edward Coke defines if to be a conveyance of an etate or right in ee, whereby a voidable etate is made ure and unavoidable, or whereby a particular etate is encreaed: and the words of making it are thee, "have given, granted, ratified, approved, and confirmed ." An intance of the firt branch of the definition is, if tenant for life leaeth for forty years, and dieth during that term; here the leae for years is voidable by him in reverion: yet, if he hath confirmed the etate of the leee for years, before the death of tenant for life, it is no longer voidable but ure. The latter branch, or that which tends Rh