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Profit a prendre, ' right for a man, in respect of his tenement, to take some profit out of the tenement of another man. Except in the case of a copyholder no claim of a profit ' prendre in alieno solo can be made by custom, nor can it be claimed by a fluctuating body such as the inhabitants of a place (Williams on Rights of Common, p. 194). See LAMMAS LANDS. A prescription in a que estate for a profit a prendre in alieno solo without stint and for commercial purposes is unknown to the law, Harris v. Chesterfield (Earl), 1911 AC 623. As to a demise of a profit a prendre, see Radcliff v. Hayes, (1907) 1 Ir R 101. A profit a prendre in gross is a right of property which may be dealt with and transferred in the manner appropriate to the right, Welcome v. Upton, (1840) 6 M&W 536. Consult Gale on Easements, and Hall on Profits a Prende.