press declaration, although hereby made to cease and determine, shall afford to every person the same protection against every incumbrance, charge, estate, right, action, suit, claim, and demand, as it would have afforded to him if it had continued to subsist, but had not been assigned or dealt with, after the said thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and shall, for the purpose of such protection, be considered every court of law and of equity to be a subsisting term.

in

CESSER OF TERMS HEREAFTER BECOMING

ATTENDANT.

terms heraf

attendant, to

cease on be

coming attendant.

II. And be it enacted, that every term of years Satisfied now subsisting or hereafter to be created, becom- ter becoming ing satisfied after the said thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and which either by express declaration or by construction of law, shall after that day become attendant upon the inheritance or reversion of any lands, shall, immediately upon the same becoming so attendant, absolutely cease and determine as to the land upon the inheritance or reversion whereof such term shall become attendant as aforesaid.

INTERPRETATION CLAUSE.

tion clause.

III. And be it enacted, that, in the construction Interpretaand for the purposes of this act, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to

Not to extend to Scotland.

such construction, the word "lands" shall extend to all freehold tenements and hereditaments, whether corporeal or incorporeal, and to all such customary land as will pass by deed, or deed and admittance, and not by surrender, or any undivided part or share thereof respectively; and every word importing the singular number only shall extend and be applied to several persons or things as well as one person or thing; and every word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and be applied to a female as well as a male.

IV. And be it enacted, that this act shall not extend to Scotland.

PRECEDENTS.

Agreements.

I.

AGREEMENT for a LEASE (a).

for a lease.

BE IT REMEMBERED, that A. B., of &c. [intended Agreement lessor], hereby agrees to let, and C. D., of &c. [intended lessee], to take, ALL THAT &c. [parcels] and the rights, easements, and appurtenances therewith held, used, or enjoyed, for years from

the

day of at the yearly rent of £——, clear of all existing and future taxes, rates, and outgoings, and to be payable by equal half-yearly payments on the - day of -9 and the

day of

in every year, the first of such payments to be made on the day of next. AND that the said C. D. shall keep the said pre

(a) As agreements are not formal instruments, and do not admit of much abridgment from their usual shape, the present collection contains Precedents only of agreements for leases, the law as to which has been most materially altered by the late act. (See supra, p. 62). It will, of course, be borne in mind that these agreements must be signed only, not sealed and delivered; for otherwise they would operate as leases. (Ibid.)

mises, and at the end of the term give them up, in the same order and repair as they now are in, and shall keep them insured against loss by fire in a sum not less than £, and, when required, produce the policy of such insurance, and the receipts for the premiums (a). IN WITNESS &c.

Parties.

Agreement.

To grant a lease for a certain term at a certain rent.

II.

AGREEMENT for a LEASE.

day of

ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT made and entered
into, this
" BETWEEN A. B., of
&c. [intended lessor], of the one part, and C. D.,
of &c. [intended lessee], of the other part, as fol-
lows: THAT the said A. B. shall let, and the said
C.D. shall take, ALL THAT &c. [parcels], with the
fixtures now in, upon, or belonging to the same,
and the rights, easements, and appurtenances
therewith held, used, or enjoyed, for the term of
at the

years from the day of

yearly rent, clear of all existing and future taxes,
rates, and outgoings, of £ -, to be payable by
four equal payments, on the
day of
the

(a) Any stipulations which are intended may be inserted here. It will be understood that this form should only be adopted in very simple cases, and in which the saving of expense is a great object; for ordinary purposes the next Precedent should be used.

shall contain

nants.

next. THAT the said A. B., his heirs or assigns, That the lease will, on the request of the said C. D., his execu- certain covetors, administrators, or assigns, execute a proper lease of the said premises to the said C. D., his executors, administrators, or assigns, for the term and at the rent aforesaid, to be payable as aforesaid. THAT the said lease shall contain covenants on the part of the said C. D., his executors, administrators, and assigns, for payment of the said net yearly rent of £- — on the days and in manner aforesaid; AND for payment of all existing and future taxes, rates, and outgoings; AND to keep the said premises in good and sufficient condition and repair; AND in such good and sufficient condition and repair to deliver up the same, with all new fixtures and other additions, to the said A. B., his heirs or assigns, at the expiration, or other sooner determination, of the said term; AND to keep the said messuage and buildings insured against loss by fire in a sum not less than £——; AND at all times, when required, to produce the policy or policies of such insurance, and the receipts for the premiums in respect of the same, to the said A. B., his heirs or assigns; AND ALSO, not to assign or underlet the said premises without license in writing from the said A. B., his heirs or assigns; AND not to carry on, or permit to be carried on, on the said premises,