"The  principal  incidents  of  tenancy  in  tail  which  distinguished  it  from  a
life  estate,  are,  1.  Tenant  in  tail  was  disphnishable  for  waste;  he  had  a  legal
right  to  commit  waste.  2.  The  wife  of  a  tenant  in  tail  was  endowe<1,  or  if
the  tenant  was  a  woman  her  husband  had  curtesy.  3.  The  estate  tail  may
be  iMurred  or  discharged  by  a  fine,  common  recovery  or  lioeal  warranty  with
assets.
^'  It  has  been  held  that  an  executory  devise  may  be  destioyed  by  a  com-
mon recovery  suffered  by  the  tenant  in  tail,  which  enlarges  his  estate  into  a
fee,  and  excludes  all  subsequent  limitations,  whether  in  remainder  or  by  way
of  subsequent  nse  or  executory  devise.    Taylor  v.  Taylor,  63  Pa.  St.  481.
46


*  15  OF  REAL  PROPERTY.  [Part  VI.
