CONFIRMATION, 
h words may ‘be blended in the confirmation as ma ay 
sleet and rei an eftate ; 
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ch of the above Sean is, if 
tenant. for life leafeth for 40 years, and dieth during that 
time ; here the leafe for years is voidable by him in rever- 
fion ; yet, ath confirmed the eftate of the leflee for 
7 oO 
The — branch, 
pa ar eftate, is 
the fame in all refpeéts with that f{pecies of ee which 
a be! way of enlargement. 
tes that moft ancient confirmations, pia after 
d are diftin- 
great ce. Poffe flors of lands, &c. feemed not to 
thought themfelves fecure againft the king, or the great 
lords who were their feoffors, or in whofe lands their fees 
Confirmation is * * pf, cref~ 
of on conc 
diminuens, as oe hea. ae 
co eas the eftate of is cena, to hold by a lefs rent. 
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The lord. may diminifh the fervices of his tenant by con- 
firmation; but not referve new fervices, fo’ long as the 
former eftate in the tenancy continues; and therefore if he 
him a hawk, &c. yearly, it 
i connens sa meat made 
tw another purpofe: a a confyrmation may enlarge an eftate, 
from an eftate held at will to term of years, ora Seiad eflates 
from an eftate for years to an ettate for life; from ane date 
for life, to an eftate in tail, or in-fee; and from an ellate in 
tail to an eftate in fee-fimple. (1 Inft. 305.9 Rep. 142. 
Dyer. 263.) But if the confirmation be made to leflee 
for life or years, of his term or eftate, and not of the land, 
this doth not — the eftate ; though if the leffee con- 
firm the land, to have and to hold to the lefflee and his 
heirs, this oe lng the eftate, and fo of the'reft. Co. 
Litt. 299. 
In every baad confirmation, there may be a precedent 
muft 
increafe 
required that both thefe eftates - pias 
1 Rep. 146. Dyer. 109. 5 : 
make a leafe for years to one peron 
the land to another perfon for years; and 
confirms the laft leafe, and after aa oe firft leafe, this -is 
ood: the fecond leffee hath an interelt before by the 
confirmation of him in reverfion ut in a like cafe, con- 
firmation of the firft leafe, after the fecon Ps was confirmed, 
has been held good; for the leafe takes no intereft by the 
confirmation, but only to make it durable fa effeQual, 
oor. c. 18a, 1 Inft. 296. Plowd. Jo. - diffeifee con- 
firm the land to the diffeifor but for one es one week, 
t. 291, 297s ” 299. .) But where the eftate 
ife ; and if there be an eftate for life, 
the remainder over, there the confirmation may be of either 
of the eftates; and if the leffee of a diflkifor of a leafe for 
20 years, make a leafe for 10 years, the: difleifee may ‘cone 
d not to the other. 0. 472. 
o~ 
mM 
se If le flee for as without i 
aceept a confirmation of his eftate for life, he hath by this 
loft the privilege eed to his eftate for years. (8 
in fome cafes makes a confirmation 
may de- 
right at the time of the : he-who hath but a right in 
reverfion cannot pals the "eftate of a leffee. (2 Danv.. 
bind the right of him 
ine mee alter the nature‘of the eftate to him 
whom made, it fhall not difcharge a ae .(Popk. 
147.) A confirmation will take away a condi- 
tion annexed by law; and by confirm Gaia: a con see = 
ter broken in a deed of feoffment is extingui 
Rep. 146.) Confirmations may make a ea ble ae 
good ; but cannot work upon an eftate that is-vord in law. 
os ‘Litt 295: 
cence aucn of letters patent, 
which are void'as they 
are ae law, is a void’ confirmation. (1 Lil. 
Abr. 
iS 
ae and leafes-of bifhops, not warranted by he fit. 
32 Hen. VILE. c. 28, muft be confirmed by | and. 
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