This  section  only  applies  to  settlements  made  after  the  act
came  in  force  (1st  November,  1856,  ss.  44,  46).  Leases  under
this  section  are  valid  against  the  lessor  and  persons  entitled
under  the  settlement  (if  any),  or  claiming  under  the  hus-
band or  wife  of  the  lessor  (s.  33),  and  against  the  wife  of  the
lessor.  21  &  22  Vict.  c.  77,  s.  8.  Although  a  lease  by  the
husband  and  wife  of  the  wife's  land  of  which  she  is  seised  in
fee  may  not  be  in  accordance  with  this  section,  and  not  being
duly  acknowledged  under  the  3  &  4  Will.  4,  c.  74,  s.  79,  is
not  valid  under  that  act,  it  may  nevertheless  be  operative  if


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the  husbaud  and  wife  during  their  lives,  and  the  wife  after
the  death  of  her  husband,  treat  it  as  subsisting.  Toller  v.
Slater,  L.  R.,  2  Q.  B.  42.
For  the  law  as  to  leases  by  husbands  in  right  of  their
wives,  under  the  32  Hen.  8,  c.  28,  see  4  Byth.  Conv.  by
Sweet,  p.  241.  This  act  is  no  longer  in  force  as  to  such
leases,  being,  with  respect  to  them,  repealed  by  the  19  &  20
Vict.  c.  120,  s.  33.
Municipal  corporations  cannot  grant  leases  for  more  than  Corporations,
thirty-one  years  without  the  consent  of  the  treasury  (5  &  6
Will.  4,  c.  76,  s.  94),  or,  except  building  leases,  for  terms
not  exceeding  seventy-five  years,  such  as  are  mentioned  in
s.  96  of  that  act.  The  corporations  may  renew  leases  where
there  is  a  covenant  or  ancient  practice  to  renew  (s.  95).
