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Tenant's stock on common appendant, &c. may be distrained for arrears of rent, and disposed of as if distrained on premises.
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V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the first day of May, which shall be in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty two, it shall and may be lawful to and for every grantee or grantees of rent-charges, grantor or grantors of fee-farms, lessor or landlord, lessors or landlords, or his or their steward, bailiff, receiver, or other person or persons impowered by him, her, or them, to take and seize as a distress for arrears of rent any cattle, or stock of their respective tenant or tenants, feeding or depasturing upon any common appendant or appurtenant, or any ways belonging to all or any part of the premises demised or holden; and the same to sell or otherwise dispose of in such manner, as if the said goods and chattles had actually been distrained by such grantee or grantees, grantor or grantors, lessor or landlord, lessors or landlords, in and upon such premises for such arrears of rent; any law, custom, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
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