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Double Rent

Double Rent. This is a penalty on a tenant holding over after

Holding over

Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 74). See also DOUBLE RENT; DOUBLE VALUE

Notice to quit

a notice, contumaciously wilfully holds over, and becomes liable for double rent according to the (English) Distress for Rent Act, 1737 (1

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Ad terminum qui preterit

person in possession of them; but see now the titles, DOUBLE RENT and DOUBLE VALUE.

Distress

sale only after written notice of the distress, and gives double damages against any person distraining and selling if no rent

Double or treble costs

Double or treble costs have been frequently granted by statute, e.g., … in actions for irregular distress, by the (English) Distress for Rent Act, 1737 (11 Geo. 2, c. 19), s. 20. The

Lawless Court

that owes suit or service there, and appears not, forfeits double his rent.'-Cam. Brit. Obsolete.

Warnoth

in paying his rent at the day, he should forfeit double, and for his second failure triple; and the lands so

Double avail of marriage

Double avail of marriage, the double of the value of the … by the superior; but this was modified to three years' rent of the vassal's free estate, Old Scots Law.

Double value

Double value. This is a penalty on a tenant holding over … same are detained. As to the effect of the (English) Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Acts, 1920 and 1923, see Crook

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