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1424 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 58 (MED) I wul þat Thomas my sone haue my termes þat I haf of Westminster in þe personage of Okeham.

1456 in A. Clark Lincoln Diocese Documents (1914) 89 (MED) I woll that herry Barton haue the termes of the place that I holde of Iohn Apethorp, after the tenure of my Indenture.

1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §41. B iv b A Particuler estate which is but onely a terme, is an estate determinable by limitation of time.

a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) iii. 160 The..Commissioners for lack of payment of such lot & charge, to Decree and Ordain the said Lands and Tenements from the owner,..to any person or persons for term of years, term of life, Fee simple, or Fee tail.

1737 W. Lee Ess. Value of Leases & Annuities i. 20 In the Case then where a Term for Years is existing at a small Rent, the Term and Reversion may be and are considered as separate Estates.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. ix. 143 Every estate which must expire at a period certain and prefixed,..is an estate for years. And therefore this estate is frequently called a term.

1825 J. Ram Outl. Law Tenure & Tenancy v. 38 A term of years is personal property. A tenant for years is possessed of the term.

1870 Woodfall's Law Landl. & Tenant (ed. 11) 42 A man possessed of a term of years in right of his wife..has power to grant and convey the same.

1908 Forum Jan. 112 The measure of damages was the difference between the value of the term..immediately before and immediately after the damage.

2011 A. Olong Land Law in Nigeria (ed. 2) i. 24 The Governor may grant to a Nigerian citizen a term of years in a land to hold, use and occupy, subject to payments of rent to the State.