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ARTHUR S. JOSEPH & CATES.

THE LAW

OF

SMALL HOLDINGS

IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

Ot. Brit. larus, statutes, etc. Land law

THE LAW

OF

SMALL HOLDINGS

IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

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WITH APPENDICES OF FORMS, STATUTES, RULES,
AND DEPARTMENTAL CIRCULARS.

BY

SIDNEY W. CLARKE,

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

LONDON:

BUTTERWORTH & CO., 11 & 12, BELL YARD, TEMPLE BAR.
SHAW & SONS, 7 & 8, FETTER LANE, E.C.
Law Publishers and Printers.

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PREFACE.

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I HAVE endeavoured to bring together within the compass of a handy volume the numerous statutes and parts of statutes that must be referred to by those desirous of ascertaining and administering the law relating to the provision and management of small holdings, using that, term in its technical sense as defined in the Small Holdings Act, 1907. The Small Holdings Acts themselves are of considerable length, and they either incorporate or involve reference to over a score of other enactments, many of them, such as the Land Transfer Acts, the Lands Clauses Acts, and the Agricultural Holdings Acts, of great length and some complexity. In order to save space I have eliminated such of the provisions of these measures as appear to be unimportant or not applicable to the immediate subject of small holdings, and by the free use of crossreferences, and by what I hope will be found to be careful and accurate annotation, I have tried to avoid repetition and to indicate the true effect of the law relating to small holdings, and to point out, in various respects, how that law can best be applied by those responsible for the administration of the Small Holdings Acts, 1892 and 1907. I desire to gratefully acknowledge the valuable assistance I

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