That which is granted or reserved in a certain form is not to be drawn into valuation or compensation.

Explanation

When a grant or reservation is made in a specific form, it must be honored in that form — the grantee cannot substitute a money equivalent or different consideration for what was specifically granted.

Where this applies

• A lease reserves to the landlord the right to receive a specific quantity of grain as rent each year, and the tenant cannot substitute a cash payment instead because the reservation was made in a specific form.
• A deed grants the grantee ten acres of the north field specifically, and the grantee cannot demand different acreage elsewhere on the property or a monetary equivalent.
• A settlement agreement requires the defendant to deliver a particular painting to the plaintiff, and the defendant cannot offer its appraised value in cash instead because the obligation was specified in kind.

See also

• 10.2.1 Relative words refer to the nearest antecedent, unless it be prevented by the context.