pur autre vie

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pur autre vie - 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.