Forbes v Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England: 1872

The purpose of inclosure under the Act was after all to extinguish manorial rights of common over the land inclosed, so that it could be at the free disposal of the owner, but the Act did not extinguish customary rights.

Citations:

(1872) LR 15 Eq 51

Statutes:

Inclosure Act 1845

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedOxfordshire County Council v Oxford City Council and others HL 24-May-2006
Application had been made to register as a town or village green an area of land which was largely a boggy marsh. The local authority resisted the application wanting to use the land instead for housing. It then rejected advice it received from a . .
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Updated: 01 December 2022; Ref: scu.242325