one years of any settled estates in respect of which, under the act of the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth years of King Henry the Eighth, chapter twenty, "to embar feigned recovery of lands wherein the King's Majesty is in reversion," or under any other act of parliament, the tenants-in-tail are restrained from barring or defeating their estates tail, or where the reversion is vested in the Crown.

56. Nothing in this act shall authorize the granting of a lease of any copyhold or customary hereditaments not warranted by the custom of the manor without the consent of the lord, nor otherwise prejudice or affect the rights of any lord of a manor.

57. This act shall, except as herein-after provided, apply to all matters existing at the time of the passing of this act, whether proceedings are actually pending or not, and any proceedings in any such matter may be continued or taken under this act as if the matter originated under this act, or may be continued or taken under the acts hereby repealed, or partly under this act and partly under the said repealed acts as occasion may require: Provided always, that the provisions in this act contained respecting demises to be made without application to the court shall extend only to settlements made after the first day of November one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

58. The acts specified in the schedule to this act are hereby repealed: Provided always, that this repeal shall not affect anything done or any proceeding taken under any enactment hereby repealed.

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59. Nothing in this act shall interfere with the exercise of any powers to authorize or grant leases conferred by any act of parliament not expressly repealed by this act. 60. This act shall not extend to Scotland. 61. This act shall commence on the first day of November one thousand eight hundred and seventy- ment of act.

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INDEX.

**The letter n indicates that the part referred to is in a note,

covenants as to keeping and delivering accounts, 133, 139.
See COVENANT.

AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS ACT. See PART VIII., 272.

object and effect of, n. 88.

does not affect right of contract, n. 89.

notices under act. See TABLE OF CONTENTS, and PART IV.

224.

local customs and the act, n. 88.

Mr. Bund on the act, n. 89.

Mr. Clifford on the act, n. 89.

clauses excluding operation of act, 18, 110.

clause adopting the act partially, n. 91.

as to charge for compensation by limited owners, n. 91.
application of act, n. 91.

to new and old tenancies, n. 92, 93.

as to notice to quit part of premises for certain purposes
under the act, n. 95.

as to tenant's fixtures, n. 101.

as to landlord's counter-claim for waste and rent, &c.,
n. 107.

ALLOWANCE,

of coal in mining lease, 135.

for unexhausted acts of cultivation, n. 88, 106.

ALTERATION,

of terms of agreement, n. 3.

alteration of boundaries and names, n. 65.

alteration of tillage, n. 65.

alterations in deed should be mentioned in the attestation
clause, n. 62.

by operation of law, n. 108, n. 169.
as to, after breach of covenant, n. 169.
covenants not to assign. See COVENANT.
form of assignment, 167, 173, 179.
form of licence to assign, 194.
equitable deposit not an, n. 167.
form of notice of, 221.
stamps on, 235.

ASSIGNMENT AND UNDER-LEASE,

their difference, n. 167.
must be by deed, n. 167.

as to mesne assignments, n. 173.

ATTESTATION CLAUSE, 62.

AUCTION,

as to auction on premises, n. 58, n. 74.

BANKRUPTCY OF TENANT,

proviso for re-entry upon, 26, n. 108.
effect of, n. 108.

as to disclaimer by trustee, n. 108.

form of notice to trustee, 220.

BEER,

see lease of public house, n. 80, n. 81.

as to the covenant to buy only lessor's beer, n. 81.