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nant in tail. \oRep. 97. If I'give lands in Dale to a cer¬ 
tain perfon for life, and after to his heirs or right heirs, 
lie hath the fee-limple ; and if it be to his heirs males, he 
will have an eftate-tail. 1 Rep. 66. A man grants to one- 
and his heirs and affigns for his life, and a year over ; this is 
an eftate for life only. Lit. 46. If a leafe be made, and not 
exprefled for what number of years, it is an eftate at will. 
1 Sleep. Abr. Sr. 
The word eftate generally in deeds, grants, and convey¬ 
ances, comprehends the whole in which the party hath 
an intereft or property, and will pafs the fame. 3 Mod. 
46. A perfon in pofteflion of an eftate mortgaged in fee, 
by will gave it to his two daughters, and their heirs ; 
one of them married, and then died : and it being a quef- 
tion, whether her {hare {hould be held real or perfonal 
eftate, and go to the heir, or her hufband adminiftrator ? 
It was adjudged for the heir; for here the mortgaged 
lands fttall defeend as other lands of inheritance, and be 
fubjeft to the fame rules. Preced. Cane. 266. In fuch cafe, 
if the mortgage in fee be paid off, the money (hall be 
conlidered as land, and belong to his heirs, as the eftate in 
Che land would have done. See the article Mortgage. 
Perfonal eftate was devifed by a man to his wife for life, 
and what file left at her death to be divided between his 
kindred: He died, and the widow married again; this 
devife over was held good in equity, on a bill brought to 
liave an inventory taken of the eftate, and fecurity given 
not to imbezzle it. But if the fame were of fmall value, 
that the widow could not live thereupon without fpend- 
ing the (lock, it would be otherwife. See Executory 
Devise. 
ESTAVAYE'R, a town and bailiwic of Swiflerland, 
in the canton of Friburg, on the borders of the lake of 
Neufchatel. In the 15th century it belonged to the duke 
of Savoy, who taking part againft the Swifs, they befieged 
and facked the town, in 1475 : thirteen miles weft of 
Friburg. 
ESTE, in Maritime Atiftria, is a very ancient town, fur- 
rounded with walls, and has a mo ft pleafant pofition. From 
This place the family of the dukes or margraves of Efte, 
ivho formerly reigned at Modena, took their name. The 
town is furrounded by the charming environs which, co¬ 
vered, as it werej with gardens, palaces, churches, and 
convents, and watered by clear filver-bright rivulets and 
lakes, form a profpedt truly romantic : there are alfo, be- 
ftdes other fine churches, a remarkable collegiate church, 
and well-built palaces ; it Contains likewife a pawn-bank, 
and the fair that is held here yearly is much frequented. 
The number of its inhabitants amount to 6000, who, in 
addition to the ufual town trade, carry on other important 
branches of commerce. It is eleven miles fouth-fouth- 
weft of Padua. 
To ESTEE'M, v. a. [ejlimer, Fr. ajlrno, Lat.] To fet 
a value whether high or low upon any thing.—I preferred 
her before feeptresand thrones, and ejleemed riches nothing 
in comparifon of her. V/iJd. vii. 8 —To compare ; to efti- 
matc by proportion :■ 
Befides, thofe fingle forms (lie doth ejleem, 
And in her balance doth their values try. Davies, 
To prize; to rate high ; to regard with reverence.—Who 
would not be loved more, though he were cjleentd lefs ? 
Dryden. —To hold in opinion ; to think ; to imagine.— 
One man ejieemetk one day above another; another ejleem- 
eth every day 3like. Rom. xiv. .5. 
ToESTEE'M, v. n. To conftder as to value : with of. 
—Many would little ejleem of their own lives, yet for re- 
morfe of their wives and children, would be withheld 
from that heinous crime. Hooker. 
ESTEE'M, f. High value ; reverential regard.—lam 
not uneafy that many, whom I never had any ejleem for, 
are likely to enjoy this world after me, Pope, 
Who can fee, 
Without ejleem for virtuous poverty, 
E S T 
Severe Fabritius, or can ceafe t’ admire, 
The ploughman conful in his coarfe attire ? Dryden. 
ESTEEM'ER, f. One that highly values; one that 
fets an high rate upon any thing.—This might inftrudt 
the proudeft ejleemer of his own parts, how ufeful it is to 
talk and confult with others. Locke. 
ESTEL'LA, a town of Spain, in Navarre, on the Egar 
defended by a caftle, and containing fix parifh churches, 
fix convents, an hofpital, and an univerfity : feventeen 
miles fouth-weft of Pamplona, and 155 north-north-eaft 
of Madrid. Lat. 42. 40. N. Ion. 14. 40. E. Peak of 
Teneriffe. 
ESTELMU'R, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the pro¬ 
vince of Caramania : 120 miles fouth of Cogni. 
ES'TENIDE. See Eksenide. 
ESTE'PA, a town of Spain, in the province of Seville ; 
or, according to fome maps, in Grenada, celebrated for 
its olives and oil : fifteen miles fouth of Ecija. 
ESTEPO'NA, a town of Spain, in the province of 
Grenada, near the coaft ; the inhabitants are chiefly em¬ 
ployed in fiftiing : twenty miles weft-fouth-weft of Mar- 
bella. 
ESTERABAT'. See Asterabat. 
ES'THER, a canonical book of the Old Teftament ; 
containing the hiftory of a Jewels of the tribe of Benjamin, 
who was raifed to the throne of Ahafuerus king of Perfia. 
Her Jewifti name was Hadaffah, and fhe was a defeendant 
from one of the families which had been carried into cap¬ 
tivity by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and afterwards 
fettled in the city of Shufnan. Being early left an orphan, 
file was brought up and adopted by her uncle Mordecai, 
who appears to have held fome inferior poft about the 
king’s palace. King Ahafuerus, having repudiated his 
queen Vafliti, iffued a decree that beautiful young virgins 
(hould be collected from all the provinces of his empire, 
and fent to his palace, that lie might fix upon one who 
fhould pleafe him, to become Vafliti’s fucceffor. On this 
occafion Mordecai had fuflicient intereft to procure his 
niece, who poffeffed extraordinary perfonal charms, to be 
admitted a candidate for the royal favour. When brought 
to the king, fhe was fo fortunate as to triumph over her 
numerous rivals, and with circumftances of great pomp 
and magnificence was railed to the throne. Soon after her 
advancement, (lie had an opportunity to fave her country¬ 
men, whole deftrutftion was plotted by Haman, as record¬ 
ed in the Scriptures. The learned world is much divided 
in opinion refpedling the Perfian fovereign who is meant 
by the Ahafuerus of the Scriptures. Archbifhop Ufiier 
and many other critics contend that the circumftances of 
the hiftory are applicable only to Darius Hyftafpis. Sca- 
liger is of opinion that Xerxes was the Ahafuerus, and 
his queen Hameftris the Efther, of Scripture. Cappel 
maintains that Ochus was the prince intended. The au¬ 
thors of the Univerfal Hiftory, in common with Jofephus, 
Sulpitius Severus, and many other ancient and modern 
writers, conceive that Artaxerxes Longimanus muft have 
been the Ahafuerus who.married Efther. Our limitswill 
not permit 11s to detail the arguments to which they re- 
Lpedtively have recourfe in fupport of their hypothefes. 
On a queftion involved in fuch difficulties, probability 
only is attainable; and we think that the teftimonies in 
favour of fuch probability give mod weight to the laft 
of the opinions above-mentioned. There is likewife 
confiderable diverfity of fentiment refpeefing the author 
of the Book of Efther. Epiphanius, Auguftin, and Ifi- 
dore, aferibe it to Ezra ; Enfebius is of opinion that it is 
to be referred to a later date ; fome attribute it to Joachim, 
the fon of Joftiua the high-prieft ; others to Mqrdecai; and 
the Talmudifts to the men of the great fynagogue. It is 
a point, however, which is never likely to be afeertained 
to general fatisfadlion. 
EST'HER, [from nroN, Ileb. fecret, or hidden.] 
A proper name of women. 
ES'THER, a town of the American States, in Lancafter 
county, 
