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A dialogue between a country gentleman and a lawyer, upon the doctrine of distress for rent; Shewing What things may and what may not be taken at common Law-The reasons why such things could not be Taken-The several alterations and amendments which have been made in that remedy by divers acts of parliament, with observations on those Statutes-The time and manner of making such Distress-The difference between a distress of corn and other Things-How to use the things Distrained-When to sell them, and what steps are necessary to be taken previous to the Sale-The punishments tenants are liable to who fraudulently remove their goods off the premisses to defraud their Landlords-The penalties persons are subject to who aid and assist tenants in the removal or concealment of the Goods-The manner of recovering those Penalties-The difference between taking the distress out of pound and rescuing it before impounded, with the Consequences-The effects of making an illegal distress, and the manner of curing any irregularity in the making thereof; with a variety of observations upon this subject. By a gentleman of Lincoln's Inn

Title
A dialogue between a country gentleman and a lawyer, upon the doctrine of distress for rent; Shewing What things may and what may not be taken at common Law-The reasons why such things could not be Taken-The several alterations and amendments which have been made in that remedy by divers acts of parliament, with observations on those Statutes-The time and manner of making such Distress-The difference between a distress of corn and other Things-How to use the things Distrained-When to sell them, and what steps are necessary to be taken previous to the Sale-The punishments tenants are liable to who fraudulently remove their goods off the premisses to defraud their Landlords-The penalties persons are subject to who aid and assist tenants in the removal or concealment of the Goods-The manner of recovering those Penalties-The difference between taking the distress out of pound and rescuing it before impounded, with the Consequences-The effects of making an illegal distress, and the manner of curing any irregularity in the making thereof; with a variety of observations upon this subject. By a gentleman of Lincoln's Inn [electronic resource].
Author
Gentleman of Lincoln's Inn.
Publication
London : printed by His Majesty's Law-Printers; for J. Wilkie , No. 71, St. Paul's Church-Yard ; and P. Uriel, Middle-Temple-Lane, MDCCLXXII. [1772]

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Description
xi,[1],71,[1]p.; 8⁰.
Subject
  • Distress (Law) > Great Britain
  • Landlord and tenant > Great Britain
Note
  • Price from imprint: Price 1 s. 6 d.
  • Reproduction of original from Harvard University Law Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642221758
  • ECCO1-N7082
Author
Gentleman of Lincoln's Inn.
Title
A dialogue between a country gentleman and a lawyer, upon the doctrine of distress for rent; Shewing What things may and what may not be taken at common Law-The reasons why such things could not be Taken-The several alterations and amendments which have been made in that remedy by divers acts of parliament, with observations on those Statutes-The time and manner of making such Distress-The difference between a distress of corn and other Things-How to use the things Distrained-When to sell them, and what steps are necessary to be taken previous to the Sale-The punishments tenants are liable to who fraudulently remove their goods off the premisses to defraud their Landlords-The penalties persons are subject to who aid and assist tenants in the removal or concealment of the Goods-The manner of recovering those Penalties-The difference between taking the distress out of pound and rescuing it before impounded, with the Consequences-The effects of making an illegal distress, and the manner of curing any irregularity in the making thereof; with a variety of observations upon this subject. By a gentleman of Lincoln's Inn [electronic resource].
Imprint
London : printed by His Majesty's Law-Printers; for J. Wilkie , No. 71, St. Paul's Church-Yard ; and P. Uriel, Middle-Temple-Lane, MDCCLXXII. [1772]
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, N7082.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
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