lessee for years acquires in the lands demised to him, before he has actually become possessed of those lands; as distinguished from that property or interest vested in him by the demise, and also reduced into possession by an actual entry upon the lands and the assumption of ownership therein. and which is then termed an “estate for years.” Brown.—

In the law of evidence. “Interest,” in a statute that no witness shall be excluded by interest in the event of the suit, means “concern,” “advantage,” “ood,” “share,” “portion,” “part,” or “participation.” Fitch v. Bates, 11 Barb. (N. Y.) 471; Morgan v.