Section 7Part 2 — Rights of Landlords
Landlord may seize, as a distress for rent, cattle or stock, also produce
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Every lessor or landlord, or his steward, bailiff, receiver or other person empowered by him may take and seize as a distress for arrears of rent any cattle or stock of their respective tenant feeding or depasturing upon any common, appendant or appurtenant or belonging to any part of the premises demised or holden; and also take and seize fruits, produce, manufacture or other product which are growing, making or made on any part of the estate so demised or holden, as a distress for arrears of rent; and may cut, gather, make, cure, carry and lay up, when ripe in the barns, buildings or other proper place on the premises so demised or holden; and where there is no barn, building or proper place on the premises so demised or holden, then in any other barn, building or place which such lessor or landlord shall hire or otherwise procure for that purpose, and as near as may be to the premises; and in convenient time may appraise, sell or otherwise dispose of the same towards satisfaction of the rent for which such distress has been taken, and of the charges of such distress, appraisement and sale, in the same manner as other goods and chattels may be seized, trained and disposed of; and the appraisement thereof shall be taken when cut, gathered, cured and made, and not before:
Provided always, that notice of the place where the goods and chattels so distrained shall be lodged or deposited shall, within the space of one week after the lodging or depositing thereof in such place, be given to such lessee or tenant, or left at the last place of his abode; and that if, after any distress for arrears of rent so taken of fruits, produce, manufacture or other product which are growing, making or made, as aforesaid, and at any time before the same are ripe and cut, cured or gathered, the tenant or lessee, his executors, administrators or assigns, pays or causes to be paid to the lessor or landlord for whom such distress is taken, or to the steward or other person empowered or usually employed to receive the rent as such lessor or landlord, the whole rent which is then in arrears, together with the full costs and charges of making such distress, and which have been occasioned thereby, that then and upon such payment, or lawful tender thereof, actually made, whereby the end of such distress will be fully answered, the same and every part thereof shall cease and the fruits, produce, manufacture or other product so distrained shall be delivered up to the lessee or tenant, his executors, administrators or assigns anything hereinbefore contained to the contrary notwithstanding.