44. Customary mineral rights.

44. Customary mineral rights.

Custom and Usage (Volume 32 (2023)) | Commentary

The general rule as to mines and minerals in or under copyhold land was that, since the freehold property belonged to the lord and the possession to the tenant, neither the lord nor the tenant could work them without the licence of the other1. The same rule applied to customary freehold2. It follows that, if either the lord of the