Official Use
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
An active use before the statute of uses, which imposed some duty on the legal owner or feoffee to uses, as a conveyance to A with directions for him to sell the estate and distribute the proceeds amongst B, C, and D. To enable A to perform this duty he had the legal possession of the estate to be sold.
Wharton.
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