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Consolidation of proceedings in ejectment, and application for fair rent. 
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6. Where an ejectment is brought in any civil bill court for the nonpayment of the rent of a holding for which a judicial rent has not been fixed, the defendant may apply, in the prescribed manner, to the court to fix a fair rent for the holding, and the court may thereupon dispose of the said application, and of the ejectment at the same time. 
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