INDEX.

ABATEMENT.

Of proceedings, not caused by death of commissioners or parties
interested, 329.

ACTION.

When maintainable by copyholder against lord in respect of
timber, 177.

In respect of working mines, 182, 183.

Affecting manorial rights (except mines), may be determined
by commissioners, when, 326.

Rights of, not revived by copyhold acts, 359.

Limitation of, against commissioners and other officers, 364.
Expenses of commutation and enfranchisement recoverable by,
348.

Not to abate by death of parties, 329.

Who to defend, in case of persons under disabilities, 330.
Costs of, in discretion of court, 329.

ADJOURNMENT.

Of manorial meetings, 308.

Of hearings of objections to valuations, &c., 319.
Form of notice of, 436.

ADJUDICATION.

Of commissioners not to be quashed for want of form, nor re-
moved by certiorari, 365.

ADMITTANCE.

Lord steward and under steward considered as instruments in
making, 23.

After 1841, may be made out of manor and out of court, 26,
361.

Non-appearance to take, when a cause of forfeiture, 167.

Provisions as to, of infants, married women and lunatics, 336
-338.

On or after 1st July, 1853, authorizes party to obtain enfran-
chisement, 384.

To take place as heretofore until enfranchisement, 385.

ADVANCEMENT.

Copyholds purchased by father in son's name, when considered
as an, 62, 63.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

Of notice of meetings for commutation, 302.
Of adjourned meetings, 308.

AFFIDAVIT, FALSE.

To be perjury, 364.

AGENT.

For lord or tenants may be appointed by power of attorney,
301.

Expenses of, may be charged on manors, when, 350.

AGREEMENTS.

To be sealed by commissioners and receivable in evidence, 296.
What proportion of lords and tenants to execute agreement for
commutation, 302.

May be made, upon what terms, 303.

May be made in consideration of a fine on death or alienation,
or at fixed period, 305.

Provisional, may be made for commutation, 306.
To be in form directed by commissioners, 308.
Forms of, to be framed by commissioners, id.
Consents to, when to be required, 311.

To be confirmed by commissioners, id.

Not to be confirmed by assistant commissioners, 300.

When confirmed to bind parties interested, 312.

For voluntary commutation may be made with commissioners'
consent, 334.

On what terms to be made, id.

Notice of, when to be given to persons in remainder, &c.,

335.

By what instrument to be effected, 336.

For enfranchisement, when to be void on account of lord's
title, 342, 343.

Under copyhold acts not subject to stamp duty, 364, 411.
Forms of, 439, 443–448.

ALIEN.

Cannot hold copyholds, 24.

ALLOTMENT.

In respect of copyholds, when freehold, 15.

Generally declared to be copyhold, id., 16.

To one in respect of copy holds for lives enured for benefit of
others, 61.

See INCLOSURE ACTS.

ALTERATIONS OR AMENDMENTS.

When not to be made without parties' consent, 323, 335, 341,

392.

See ERRORS.

ANCIENT DEMESNE.

Lands holden of a manor in, within copyhold acts, 368.
How determined to be, id.

ANCIENT TENEMENTS.

Licences for alienation of portions of, may be granted by lord,
363.

ANNUAL REPORT.

To be made by copyhold commissioners and laid before parlia-
ment, 296.

APPEAL.

By church estate commissioners to be laid annually before
parliament, 426.

Lies against commissioners' decision to court of law on ques
tions of fact or law, 327.

Right of, not prevented by death of parties, 329.

Under Copyhold Act, 1852, against commissioners' decision on
point of law only, 281, 389.

APPOINTMENT.

Of commissioners and assistant commissioners to be advertized
in Gazette, 299.

Of steward, 215–218.

See STEWARD.

APPORTIONMENT.

To be sealed by commissioners and receivable in evidence, 296.
To be sent by valuers to commissioners, 313.

Schedule of, to be made by commissioners, 321.

Particulars to be contained in, id.

Copy of to be deposited and when corrected to be con-
firmed, id.

Not to be confirmed by assistant commissioner, 300.
Two copies of, when confirmed, to be deposited with
steward of manor and clerk of the peace, 322.

Notice of, when to be given to parties in remainder, &c.
323.

Errors in, may be corrected by commissioners, when, id.
To state in what event a rent-charge is to be increased or
diminished, 325.

Provisions of act for, applicable to rent-charges payable under
Copyhold Act, 1841..334.

May be made in agreement for voluntary commutation, id.
Provisions as to voluntary commutations with six or all tenants
not made at meeting, 335, 375.

Of commutation rents or fines may be made by entry on rolls
on subdivision of lands, 339.

Schedule of, may be made when six or all tenants of manor
agree to enfranchise, 340, 375.

Not liable to stamp duty, 364.

Of rents granted under copyhold acts, 372, 373.

Of rent on surrender to ecclesiastical corporation of part of
lands comprised in lease, 422.

ARBITRATION.

Disputes respecting manorial rights or boundaries may be re-
ferred to, 229, 274, 309.

ARBITRATION-continued.

Powers of the act 2 & 3 Will. 4, c. 80, may be exercised in
reference to, 309.

Commissioners' consent to, necessary to bind persons in remain-
der, 310.

ARCHBISHOP.

Consent of, when to be obtained to agreements, 311.
Within act 14 & 15 Vict. c. 104..427.

ARREARS.

Two years' of rent-charge recoverable, 333.
See DISTRESS; RENT.

ASSESSMENT.

Of fine to be made by lord or steward, 92.
Customs as to, 93.

Consequences of irregular, id.

ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS.

May be appointed and removed by copyhold commissioners,
297.

Limited to ten, except with consent of treasury, id.

Not to sit in House of Commons, id.

Limitation of office of, id.

Salaries and expenses of, 298.

To be paid out of consolidated fund, id.
Declaration to be made by, before acting, 299.
Form of, id.

Appointment of, to be published in Gazette, id.

What powers may be delegated to, id.

To make inquiries before confirmation of agreements for com-
mutation, 312.

To hear and determine objections to valuations, apportionments
or schedules, and to amend same, 319, 320.

To hear and determine objections of persons in remainder, &c.,
323.

May hear and determine actions, suits and questions respect-
ing manorial rights (except mines), 326.

Decision of, on fact or law, subject to appeal to court of law,

327.

Death of, not to abate proceedings, 329.

May summon witnesses and require production of documents,
320, 387.

May order payment of expenses, when, 381.

May grant certificate as to payment of general expenses in case
of difference, 348.

Expenses mentioned in such certificate, how recoverable,

id.

Certificate of, when evidence, id.

May determine disputes as to costs claimed by trustees, 349.
May approve amount of expenses to be charged by lord on
manor, 350.

ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS-continued.
A valuer within the Copyhold Act, 1852..411.
After notice, may enter on lands, 388.

May determine questions of fact or law, 389.

Decision of, on point of law, subject to appeal, id.

May hear objections to award, 390.

What particulars to be considered by, in settling lord's com-
pensation, 392.

May settle disputes as to expenses under Copyhold Act, 1852,

401.

ASSISTANT SECRETARIES.

May be appointed by copyhold commissioners, 297.
Salaries of, to be regulated by treasury, 298.

ATTAINDER. See FORFeiture.

ATTORNEY (POWER OF).

Agent may be appointed by, for purpose of commutation
meetings, 301.

Form of, 302.

Copy of, to be given to chairman and annexed to agreement, id.
Revocable by notice, 302.

AWARD.

To be framed by valuers, 283, 389.

To be confirmed by commissioners, registered and entered on
court rolls, 283, 390.

Not to be confirmed by assistant commissioner, 300.

Errors in, may be corrected, when, 284, 392.

To be sealed by commissioners and receivable in evidence, 296.
Confirmation of, by commissioners, to be proof of regularity of
proceedings respecting, 402.

Copies and extracts from, when evidence, 410.
Exempt from stamp duty, 411.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

B.

In what cases consideration for enfranchisement to be paid
into, 353, 376, 405.

When security may be taken instead of payment into, 377.
To what account consideration for enfranchisement by eccle-
siastical corporations is to be paid, 417.

BANKRUPTCY.

Court of, may sell copyholds, 117.

Purchaser under, to compound with lord for fines, &c., id.

BEYOND SEAS.

Who to be substituted for parties interested, being, 300.
Who to defend actions when party entitled to decision is, 330.