232 THE USE OF THE LAW. 



9. Going be- felony, by verdict without j udgment, petty larceny, or going 



whifout Hctnse be y ond the sea without license. 



Extents upon 6 They are forfeitable to the crown, in like manner as leases 

 stat.staple.mer- for years, or interest gotten in other men s lands, by ex- 

 chant ,elegit, tending; for debt upon judgment in any court of record. 



wardship of , i J i i i 



body and lands stat. merchant, stat. staple, recognizances ; which being 

 arechattels,and upon statutes are called tenants by stat. merchant, or 

 forfeitable m the s t a ple, the other tenants by elegit, and by wardship of 



same manner , T j i j /* n A i_ 11 j i. *.*. i 



as leases for body and lands, lor all these are called chattels real, and 

 years are. go to the executors and administrators, and not to the heirs, 



and are saleable and forfeitable as leases for years are. 

 Lease for life is Leases for lives are also called freeholds, they may also 

 not forfeitable b e ma de by word or writing, there must be livery and 

 cepTh^cases of se ^ sm * given at the making of the lease, whom we call 

 felony or pre- the lessor, who cometh to the door, backside, or garden, 

 munire, and if it be a house, if not, then to some part of the land, and 

 and not to th? there he expresseth, that he doth grant unto the taker, 

 lord by escheat; called the lessee, for term of his life : and in seisin thereof, 

 and it is not for- ne delivereth to him a turf, twig, or ring of the door; and 

 tte mean^Se- ^ ^ le ^ ease be b y writing, then commonly there is a note 

 fore mentioned written on the backside of the lease,f with the names of 

 of leases for those witnesses who were present at the time of the livery 

 Lease for life ^ se i sm niade. This estate is not saleable by the sheriff 

 not to be sold for debt, but the land is to be extended for a yearly value, 

 by the sheriff to satisfy the debt. It is not forfeitable by outlawry, ex 

 tended yearly?&quot; ce P t i cas es of felony, nor by any of the means before 

 mentioned, of leases for years ; saving in an attainder for 

 and felony, treason, premunire, and then only to the crown, 

 not to the lords by escheat. 



A man that And though a nobleman or other have liberty, by charter, 

 hath bona felon, to have all felon s goods, yet a tenant holding for term of 

 SJfcSSJ life &amp;gt; bein g attainted of felony, doth forfeit unto the king, 

 means if leaser and not to this nobleman. 



for life be at- If a man have an estate in lands for another man s life, 

 Occu 6 J and dieth, this land cannot go to his heir, nor to his 



executors, but to the party that first entereth, and he is 

 called an occupant as before hath been declared. 



Of estate tails, A lease for years, or for life, may be made also by fine 

 and how such O f re cord. or bargain and sale, or covenant to stand seised 



an estate may \ . &amp;lt;? r i i j ,\ 



be limited. upon good considerations ot marriage, or blood, the reasons 

 whereof are hereafter expressed. 



Entails of lands are created by a gift, with livery and 



* What livery of seisin is, and how it is requisite to every estate for life, 

 t Indorsement of livery upon the back of the deed, and witness of it. 



