English Land Law. 
379 = 115 
claiming was not entitled to compensation (§ 36, sub-sect. 2) ; 
3. That the compensation has not been awarded for improvements, 
acts, or things, breaches of covenants or agreements, or for com- 
mitting or permitting waste, in respect of which the party 
claiming was entitled to compensation (§ 36, sub-sect. 3). The Jurisdiction of 
County Court Judge will then dispose of the case, or may at his CountyCourts. 
discretion remit it to be heard in whole or in part by the 
referee, or referees, or umpire, with such directions as he may 
think fit. The Judge's decision is final upon the facts ; but if a 
'question of law arises, he is bound, at the request of either partv, 
to state a special case for decision by the High Court of Justice. Appellate 
The money awarded as compensation, whether to landlord or 
tenant, must be paid within fourteen days. 
Charge of Tenant's Compensation. — Upon payment of a tenant's Creation of 
claim, a landlord may not desire to sink the whole of this g^^^^g^ °^ 
money in the land, for the benefit of his heir or of the person 
entitled in remainder. In such cases the County Court at its 
I discretion may, on application by him, create a " charge on the 
holding," in respect of the compensation so paid. The effect of 
the charge is to provide for the repayment to the landlord, his 
executors, administrators, and assignees, of the sum advanced by 
him as compensation (§ 42, sub-sect. 3). In other words, this sum, 
representing an addition to the value of the soil, does not become 
absorbed in the realty, for the sole benefit of the heir-at-law, 
but forms part of the personal estate, and is therefore available 
in favour of younger children. It is left to the discretion of the 
Court to order repayment of the whole or any part of the money, 
"with such interest, and by such instalments, and with such - 
directions for giving effect to the charge as the Court thinks fit " 
'(§ 42, sub-sect. 1). And the Act contains restrictions, the effect 
<>f which is to protect the interest of persons entitled in 
'remainder where the landlord creating the charge is only a 
limited owner. 
Notice to Quit. — One of the most important provisions in the ^'otice to quit. 
Act is that which extends the period of notice to quit in the 
case of agricultural tenancies from year to year which are affected 
by the Act (sections 51 & 58). As the law stood before Feb- 
ruary 14th, 1876, supposing a tenant from year to year entered 
on his holding at Michaelmas, 1875, and the landlord within a 
few months found him to be an undesirable tenant, his tenancy 
could be determined by notice given at Lady Day and ending at 
the Michaelmas following. A half-year's notice expiring with 
a year of tenancy was necessarv, but the Act has extended this 
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period by six months, and requires a year s notice expiring with tended by Act. 
» year of tenancy. The result is, in certain contingencies, to 
jive a tenant what may be practically equal to two years' pos- 
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