s. 60.] 



.384 AGRICULTURAL DEPRESSION 



General 54- Exccpt as ill this Act expressed, nothing in this Act 



ri'h"s^°^ shall take away, abridge, or prejudicially affect any power, 

 [Act 1883, right, or remedy of a landlord, tenant, or other person vesteci 

 in or exerciseable by him by virtue of any other Act or law, 

 or under any custom of the country or otherwise, in respect 

 of a contract of tenancy or other contract, or of any im- 

 provements, waste, emblements, tillages, away-going crops, 

 fixtures, tax, rate, tithe rent-charge, rent, or other thing. 



Interpretation 55- I" this Act— 



[Act 1883, "Improvement" means any act or thing whereby the 



rs-J'46&47 letting value of the holding is increased, and shall 



]'^l\'?- ^'' include increased fertility and cleanliness due to 



continuous good farming : 



" Contract of tenancy " means a letting of or agreement 

 for the letting land for a term of years, or for lives, 

 or for lives and years, or from year to year, or for 

 any other period : 



A tenancy from year to year under a contract of tenancy 

 current on the first day of January, one thousand 

 eight hundred and eighty-four, shall for the purposes 

 of this Act be deemed to be a tenancy under a 

 contract of tenanc}^ beginning after that date : 



" Determination of tenancy " means the cesser of a 



contract of tenancy by reason of effluxion of time, 



or from any other cause : 



i-^^Gough "Landlord" in relation to a holding means any person 



*'■ °"^ ■ for the time being entitled to receive the rents and 



profits of any holding : 



" Landlord " includes the executors, administrators, 

 assigns, legatee, devisee, or next-of-kin, husband, 

 guardian, committee of the estate, or trustees in 

 bankruptcy of a landlord, or the mortgagee who 

 takes possession of any holding in respect of that 

 holding : 



" Tenant " means the holder of land under a landlord for 

 a term of years, or for lives, or for lives and years, or 

 from year to year, or for any other period : 



" Tenant" includes the executors, administrators, assigns, 

 legatee, devisee, or next-of-kin, husband, guardian, 

 committee of the estate, or trustees in bankruptcy of 

 a tenant, or any person deriving title from a tenant ; 

 and the right to receive compensation in respect of 



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