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No. 79 in the series of Monographs by writers connected with the London School of Economics and Political Science

THE LAW RELATING TO PUBLIC

SERVICE UNDERTAKINGS

UNIV. OF

TO PUBLIC SERVICE

UNDERTAKINGS

COMPRISING

A SURVEY OF THE LEGAL POSITION OF
SUCH UNDERTAKINGS GENERALLY, AND
A MORE DETAILED CONSIDERATION OF
PARTICULAR CLASSES OF UNDERTAKINGS

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III LAND, WORKS, AND COMPENSATION

NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF POWERS.

LANDS CLAUSES ACTS .

Acquisition of lands by agreement

Compulsory purchase provisions

Notice to treat

Ascertainment of price or compensation

By agreement

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By sheriff's jury, or, in certain cases, by justices

By a surveyor nominated by justices

By arbitration

Separate headings of compensation

Ascertainment of compensation after land taken or

works executed

Provisions subsequent to sec. 68

Payment and conveyance where parties absent

or under disability

Entry on land

Part only of premises not to be taken in certain

Lands subject to mortgage

Lands subject to leases

Period for exercise of compulsory purchase

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