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lord or tenant to demand enfranchisement, with 

 further facihties 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 

 without leave of the tenant ; and to vexatious 

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