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they_o for_o the_o franktenement_n be_v in_o he_o neither_o if_o one_o executor_n die_v before_o sale_n may_v the_o survivor_n sell_v but_o contrary_a if_o the_o limitation_n be_v for_o payment_n of_o the_o testator_n be_v debt_n for_o then_o the_o survive_a executor_n may_v sell_v 39_o ass_n 17._o and_o it_o seem_v by_o the_o issue_n in_o that_o book_n that_o any_o one_o of_o the_o executor_n may_v by_o himself_o sell_v the_o land_n without_o his_o companion_n though_o they_o be_v alive_a and_o notwithstanding_o that_o they_o have_v but_o a_o power_n and_o authority_n give_v they_o which_o be_v joint_a and_o in_o most_o case_n must_v be_v perform_v according_a to_o the_o limitation_n but_o it_o seem_v that_o that_o be_v admit_v for_o the_o special_a respect_n the_o law_n have_v to_o have_v the_o debt_n of_o the_o decease_a pay_v vid._n fitz._n tit._n ass_n 336._o et._n executor_n 117._o a_o