orate in deed and in word, by the
name and style of 'The Governors, Principal and Fellows of McGill
College, at Montreal, in the said Province of Lower Canada,' and
that by the same name they shall have perpetual succession, and a
common seal, and that they and their successors shall, from time to
time, have full power to break, alter, make new, or change such
common seal at their will and pleasure, and as shall be found
expedient, and that by the same name the said Governors, Principal
and Fellows, and their successors, from time to time, and at all
times hereafter, shall be a body politic and corporate, in deed and
in law, and be able and capable to have, take, receive, purchase,
acquire, hold, possess, enjoy and retain.

"And we do hereby for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, give and grant
full authority and free license to them and their successors, by
the name aforesaid, to have, take, receive, purchase, acquire,
hold, possess, enjoy, and retain, to and for the use of the said
College, notwithstanding any statutes or statute of mortmain, any
manors, rectories, advowsons, messuages, lands, tenements, rents,
hereditaments of what kind, nature, or quality soever, so as that
the same do not exceed, in yearly value, the sum of L6000 above all
charges; and, moreover, to take, purchase, acquire, have, hold,
enjoy, receive, possess and retain, notwithstanding any such
statutes or statute to the contrary, all or any goods, chattels,
charitable and other contributions, gifts and benefactions
whatsoever; and that the said Governors, Principal and Fellows, and
their successors, by the same name, shall and may be able and
capable in law to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer
and be answered, in all or any Court or Courts of record, or places
of judicature within Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, and Our said Province of Lower Canada and other Our
Dominions, and in all and singular actions, causes, pleas, suits,
matters, and demands whatsoever, of what kind and nature or sort
soever, in as large, ample, and beneficial a manner and form as any
other body politic or corporate, or any other Our liege subjects
being persons able and capable in law, may or can have, take,
purchase, receive, hold, possess, enjoy, retain, sue, implead, or