Author: Robert Donnell

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Published: 2015-07-13

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9781331303015

Excerpt from Practical Guide to the Law of Tenant Compensation and Farm Purchase: Under the Irish Land Having been engaged on inquiries into the Ulster tenant-right, and the general relations of landlord and tenant in Ireland prior to and during the passing of the Land Bill, it was suggested to me that I might usefully edit the Act. A statute of this sort, dealing with novel principles, reversing and modifying previous presumptions of the law, legalizing directly and indirectly many of the customs and usages of the country, and based throughout on the actual circumstances of society as developed in the dealings of landlords and tenants in Ireland, cannot but be made more intelligible by a fair and candid statement of those customs, usages, and circumstances. Whatever my success, I can safely say I have spared neither pains nor conscientious endeavour to investigate and state the truth. A remedial statute must have much light thrown upon its meaning by an exposition of the mischief it is intended to meet. Without a proper understanding of the causes and reasons of an Act, its language is often liable to doubt or misconstruction. This is especially true of the present statute. The Ulster custom, put in the forefront of the Act, and left without definition, necessitates some preliminary acquaintance with it, on the part of those charged with the duty of administering the law which legalizes it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.