The Students Guide to Stephens New Commentaries On the Laws of England

re a marriage had taken place. But, since the date of the above Act, if it be the husband's wish, a simple declaration in the purchase deed, or in the husband's will, effectually debars the wife from her dower, and the land is subject to the husband's power of devising. CHAPTER X. ESTATES LESS THAN FREEHOLD. What is the meaning of the term chattels, and how are they divided ? The general word chattels, synonymous with the Latin word catalla, comprehends all things personal, including whatever wants either the duration or the immobility attending things real; they are either (1) chattels real, or (2) chattels personal. What are chattels real and chattels personal ? Chattels real are such quantities of interest in things immove- able as are short of the duration of freeholds, being limited to a time certain, beyond which they cannot subsist. Chattels personal are things moveable which may be transferred from place to place together with the person of the owner. Mention some of the principal distinctions between chattels real and freeholds of inheritance. (1.) "Livery of Seisin " was not requisite. (2.) The chattel real passed to the personal representative. (3.) The estate could be created in f whiro. (4.) The tenant was merely possessed ; and (5.) A chattel cannot be entailed. What are estates less than freeholds ? There are three sorts ; (1) estates for years; (2) estates at will; (3) estates by sufferance. What is an estate ... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.