M. Woodfall

A dialogue between a Country Gentleman and Lawyer upon Doctrine of distress for rent; shewing what things may and what may not be taken at common law--The reasons why such things could not be taken-The several alterations and amendments which have been made in that remedy by divers acts of parliament, with observations on those statutes-The time and manner of making such distress-The difference between a distress of corn and other things-How to use the things distrained-When to sell them, and what steps are necessary to be taken previous to the sale-The punishments tenants are liable to who fraudulently remove their goods off the premisses to defraud their landlords-The penalties persons are subject to who aid and assist tenants in the removal or concealment of the goods-The manner of recovering those penalties-The difference between taking the distress out of pound and rescuing it before impounded, with the consequences-The effects of making an illegal distress, and the manner of curi

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