Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Leading A Use

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Where a deed was executed before the levy of a fine of land, for the purpose of speclfying to whose use the flne should inure, it was said to "lead" the use. If executed after the fine, it was said to "declare" the use.

2 Bl. Comm. 363.