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Leading A Use

where a deed was executed before the levy of a flne of land, for the purpose of specifying to whose use the flne should inure, it was said to “lead” the use. If executed after the fine, it was said to “declare” the use. 2 Bl. Comm. 363

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)