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system, compulsory powers were given to either 

 lord or tenant to demand enfranchisement, with 

 further facilities again in 1858, which led to a 

 rapid increase in the number of enfranchise- 

 ments. Under the present Acts either lord or 

 tenant (except where the copyhold is held 

 without a right of renewal) may now apply to 

 the Copyhold Commissioners to compel enfran- 

 chisement upon terms to be fixed by two 

 valuers, one appointed by each, or by their 

 umpire. And in small cases, not exceeding 20 

 of annual value, the amount may be assessed by 

 a single valuer, nominated by the Justices of the 

 locality. 



The complete extinction of copyhold tenure Complete 



extinction 



is still far from accomplishment. And a great desirable. 

 bar will be presented to the profitable use of 

 copyhold property so long as any considerable 

 extent of the land of this country, embracing a 

 vast number of the smaller estates and houses, 

 remains subject to manorial fines, whether cer- 

 tain or arbitrary; ,to joint rights in timber, 

 under which the tenant cannot cut without leave 

 of the lord, nor the lord enter the land to cut 

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