pur autre vie

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
PUR AUTRE VIE, tenures. These old French words signify, for another's life. 
An estate is said to be pur autre vie, when a lease is made of lands or 
tenements to a man, to hold for the life of another person. 2 Bl. Com. 259; 
10 Vin. Ab. 296; 2 Supp. to Ves. Jr. 41. 
    

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