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piers of commonable lands would be at perfect

freedom to continue to mtercommon, as at pre- fent, if fo they fhould incline; but whenever any one among them found his fituation fuch as no Jonger rendered his praCtice beneficial to hin, he could withdraw himfelf from the affociation; without having any power to diffolve the connec- tion of the reft of the community with each other, as long as they siclined it fhould continue in force.

We have, in Scotland, the experience of pres cifely fuch a law, ina cafe nearly fimilar to that here treated: During the courfe of many ages; a vaft diverfity of prattices had been there eftab-

‘lithed by cuftom, in regard to certain fervices

that were wont to be performed by tenants to their lords, whith were accepted in part of rent. Thefe practices, like thofe of commonable lands in England, varied in every difirict, and path, and barony; fo that, perhaps, no two of them were alike in all refpe€ts: but every court of barony took cognifance of the old ufages eftablifhed in that barony, and all the tenants in it were bound to pay thefe fervices according to w/e and wont, With the change of manners which gradually

prevailed in every part of this ifland, a change of

ideas took place; and, like the commonable rights

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