The book of household management : comprising information for the mistress, housekeeper, cook, kitchen-maid, butler, footman, coachman, valet, upper and under house-maids, lady's maid, maid-of-all-work, laundry-maid, nurse and nurse-maid, monthly, wet, and sick nurses, etc. etc. also, sanitary, medical, & legal memoranda with a history of the origin, properties, and uses of all things connected with home life and comfort / by Mrs Isabella Beeton.

Isabella Beeton

Date:: 1861

Credit: The book of household management : comprising information for the mistress, housekeeper, cook, kitchen-maid, butler, footman, coachman, valet, upper and under house-maids, lady's maid, maid-of-all-work, laundry-maid, nurse and nurse-maid, monthly, wet, and sick nurses, etc. etc. also, sanitary, medical, & legal memoranda with a history of the origin, properties, and uses of all things connected with home life and comfort / by Mrs Isabella Beeton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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2720. The law does not regard a day as consisting of portions. The popular notio]! that a notice to quit should be served before noon is an error. Although distraint is one of the remedies, it is seldom advisable in a landlord to resort to distraining for the recovery of rent. If a tenant cannot pay his rent, the sooner he leaves the premises the better. If he be a rogue and won't pay, he will probably know that nine out of ten distresses are illegal, through the careless- ness, ignorance, or extortion of the brokers who execute them. Many, if not most, of the respectable brokers will not execute distresses, and the business falls i]ito the hands of persons whom it is by no means desirable to employ. 2721. Powers to relieve landlords of premises, by giving them legal posses- sion, are given by 19 & 20 Vict., cap. 108, to the county courts, in cases where the rent does not exceed £50 per annum, and under the circumstances hereinafter mentioned ; i.e. : — 1. Where the term has expired, or been determined by notice to quit. 2. Where there is one half-year's rent in arrear, and the landlord shall have right hy law to enter for the nowpayment thereof. As proof of this power is required, the importance of including such a power in the agreement for tenancy will be obvious. In the county courts the amount of rent due may be claimed, as well as the possession of the premises, in one summons. 2722. When a tenant deserts premises, leaving one half-year's rent in arrear, possession may be recovered by means of the police-court. The rent must not exceed £20 per annum, and must be at least three-fourths of the value of the premises. In cases in which the tenant has not deserted the premises, and where notice to quit has been given and has expired, the landlord must give notice to the tenant of his intended application. The annual rent in this case, also, must not exceed £20. 2723. The I. 0. U.—The law is not particular as to orthography; in fact, it distinctly refuses to recognize the existence of that delightful science. You may bring your action against Mr. Jacob Phillips, under the fanciful denomi- nation of Jaycobb Fillipse, if you like, and the law won't care, because the law goes by ear; and, although it insists upon having everything written, :hings written are only supposed in law to have any meaning when read, A'liich is, after all, a common-sense rule enough. So, instead of I owe j'ou, {<ersGns of a cheerful disposition, so frequently found connected with debt, used to write facetiously I. 0. U., and the law approved of their so doing. An I. 0. U. is nothing more than a written admission of a debt, and may run thus: — 15th October, 18G0. To Viv. W. Brown. 1. 0. U. ten pounds for coals. £10. John Jones. If to this you add the time of payment, as payable in one month from this

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