Assertion: lease | /r/HasProperty | limited to 40 years
Facets:
value: formerly
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: William Blackstone (1723–1780, of Commentaries on the Laws of England fame) states that a lease was formerly limited to 40 years, although much longer leases (for 300 years, or 1000 years) were in use by the time of Edward III.