A dialogue between a country gentleman and a lawyer, upon the 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 curing any irregularity in the making thereof; with a variety of observations upon this subject. By a gentleman of Lincoln's Inn.

Date:

MDCCLXXII. [1772]