Copyhold Act 1852

After an Application for Enfranchisement, Tenant may require Commissioners to inquire into the Lord’s Title.

XXIII. In all Cases in which the Lord shall apply to the Commissioners to effect an Enfranchisement as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Tenant of the Lands so proposed to be enfranchised to require that the said Commissioners shall satisfy themselves, in such Way and by such Evidence as they shall see fit, of the Title of such Lord to the Manor of which the Lands are held.