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ngency of death or failure of issue. Thus, A. becomes what 
called the life-tenant ; B., his eldest son, the heir of entail, 
next successor. W hen B. comes of age, A. and B. may join 
' cut off the entail ; the law, as we have shown, lending itself to 
lis proceeding, so as to favour the free disposition of property. 
" A., the father, be dead, B., on coming of age, acquires the 
)uer of disposing of the property absolutely, and thus putting 
1 end to the entail altogether. Or again, M. has a son, N., who 
ants to marry. M., being anxious to keep his estates unbroken, 
ttles them on himself for life, reserving a jointure for his 
idow and charges in favour of his younger children as in the 
ise last supposed. Then the settlement provides that, upon 
f.'s death, his eldest son, N., shall enjoy the estates for life, 
ith a similar jointure for the widow and charges for the younger 
lildren of N. ; and upon N.'s death the estates are made to 
n olve upon his eldest son, O. When O. comes of age, at 21, 
[., N., and O., or such of them as are then alive, may join 
igether and destroy the entail ; and when O. succeeds, he may 
V simple alienation put an end to the entail altogether. That 
le policy of the law in favour of alienation is not without prac- 
cal effect may be seen by reference to the constant advertisements 
sales of land in the ' Times ' and other English newspapers, 
hich show that large quantities of land are disposed of annually. 
While, if a person dies without a will, the English law gives Leaseholds re- 
ne land to his eldest son, it must be borne in mind that all his gaided as per- 
Brsonal property (excluding the widow's share) is divided 
jually among his children ; and that leaseholds, whether lands 
i" houses, are regarded as personal property for the purposes of 
ich distribution. As a very large proportion of house property 
held upon lease, this fact is not immaterial in considering 
ce succession to real property in England ; and the leasehold 
terests in agricultural land, of which we shall presently speak, 
6 similarly treated. 
W e may iiow consider very briefly the nature of the disadvan- Tenancy for 
Iges under which a tenant for life only of an estate labours in 
;aling with his possession, and the manner in which the rights 
' tenants for farming purposes, constituting the large majority 
' the agricultural class, are affected by their landlord's limited 
)wers. By the common law no tenant for life only could make 
lease for a longer period than that for which his own interest 
as to endure, and at his death any lease granted by him became 
nd against those entitled to the lands after him, or, in the case 
• an estate tail, even against his own issue. Under certain 
'Strictions, a power of making a lease for not more than 21 
!ars, by which their issue, though not the reversioner, should 
ip bound, was conferred upon tenants for life by a statute passed 
