单词 | to enlarge an estate |
释义 | > as lemmasto enlarge an estate f. Law. to enlarge an estate: said of the effect of a release which, e.g. converts a life-interest, or a tenancy for a term of years, into a fee-simple or fee-tail. (The sense may perhaps belong to branch II.) ΚΠ 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xl [Releases] somtyme haue theyr effect by force to enlarge the estate [Fr. enlarger lestate] of them to whom the release is made. 1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) viii. lix. 218 To confer, First, how he might haue her estate inlarg'd. 1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 299 If Popham..should not enlarge his estate to an estate tail. < as lemmas |
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