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CHAP. 3.
Of Hereditaments, where: of Estates.
A Possession is an Hereditament or Chattell.
Hereditament is a possession which one may haue an Estate in. One borne of Parents out of the Kings allegiance; such an one we call an alien. But (a) 1.1 an an aliens Sonne, borne in England is no alien: Nor by the Common Law, one borne beyond Sea, of English Parents, in the Kings subiection. And the Statute 25. E. 3. onely maketh it more cleere; is disabled to enioy any heredita∣ments, he shall haue no (b) 1.2 reall nor mixt action, nor is inheritable: but either his yonger brother being a denizen, shall haue it, or the (c) 1.3 Lord by Escheat.
Prerogatiue.
Therefore such a one purchasing (d) 1.4 any, though it be but for yeares, it is the Kings.
An Estate is particular, or an inheri∣tance,
And is Vncertaine, or Certaine.