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from the death of such person. This is " the rule 

 against perpetuities" to which the Courts have 

 strictly adhered, and which applies equally to land 

 and to personal property. The ordinary strict 

 settlement of land, as will be seen from the example 

 I have given, by no means takes advantage of the 

 utmost limits of the law. 



