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because the former barred not merely the issue in 

 tail, but all subsequent estates also, including that of 

 the reversioner ; whilst the Statute of Fines, 4 Henry 

 VII., even after it had been explained by the statute 

 of Henry VIII., barred the issue only, and left 

 claimants whose estates were to take effect, after 

 failure of issue of the tenant in tail, to assert their 

 rights whenever they might accrue. It is true that 

 a fine might be resorted to by tenant in tail in 

 remainder, whilst a recovery could be effectively 

 suffered by tenant in tail in possession only. 



