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! “An annual tenant's obligation has been thus laid downby Lord Kenyon :—‘ A tenant from year to year is bound tocommit no waste, and to make from time to time fair andtenantable repairs, such as windows and doors that beinjured during the tenancy.’ Lord Tenterden decided that' an annual tenant was bound to keep the premises wind andwater tight.’
“ It seems but justice, that under any mode of letting orhiring of house property, a tenant should be bound to useall ordinary precautions to preserve the building from decay ;therefore there exists an obligation to keep the outside andthe roof sound, perfect, and water tight ; and if the internalwoodwork decay sooner than it otherwise would do forwant of paint, &c., the tenant is bound to restore it. Glass,if cracked or broken, becomes dilapidation, it being anoutside covering.
“ A tenant with no agreement as to duration of his tenancy,cannot be bound to perform any repairs, the nature of hisj tenancy being so weak that he cannot be expected to do anyj repairs, as his landlord might immediately determine hisi tenancy, and reap the advantage to be derived from the out-! lay : besides, if the house require any repairs being done, the
! landlord can enter, and take any necessary steps for its pre-
servation ; but not so with premises let for a definite time,—then, the landlord having granted the use for a certain period,has not a right to enter upon the premises until the expirationof the tenancy. A tenant under this mode of letting, is, how-ever, bound neither to commit nor permit waste. This kindof tenancy may be considered rather as a ‘ deposit than as aI letting on hire,’ and the tenant’s obligation may be defined asi ‘ to use the house with care.’”
| The above extract gives a very clear and concise descrip-j tion of the responsibilities undertaken by tenants undervaried forms of tenancy. It is well worthy the attentivei perusal of the young professional man, and indeed the whole! subject of dilapidations is an important one, requiring his care-ful study. It is one on which he is very frequently called) upon to advise ; and he will scarcely be competent to do so
! unless well acquainted with the just claims of the landlord,
| and the fair obligations of the tenant. To give in a list of
; repairs required to be done, is simple enough in acting for
i the landlord, but the surveyor should be well assured from a
; practical acqaintance with what really are dilapidations, to
what extent he is justified in calling on the tenant to do them.
: DIMENSION (from the Latin ) a principal distance mea-
sui’ed in a straight line on the surface of a body, in some| | particular direction, or through some certain point, by thehelp of which the body may be constructed or measured as toits superficial or solid contents.
I The dimensions of rectangular figures and solids are takenj along, or parallel to the straight lines which bound their sur-faces ; and consequently rectangles have two dimensions, viz.length and breadth, and rectangular prisms three dimensions,viz. length, breadth, and thickness. The dimensions of a paral-lelogram are the length of one side, and the distance fromthat side to the opposite side of the same, so that the twodimensions of a parallelogram are at right angles to eachi ! other. The dimensions of any plane figure are the lengths ofthe sides and diagonals. The dimensions of a circle are itsi-adius, diameter, or circumference, or all. The dimensionsi of a regular polygon are the length of one of its sides, andj their number. The dimensions of any prism are the dirnen-i sions of one of its ends or bases, and the perpendicular orj distance between the said ends or bases. The dimensions of‘ a pyramid are the dimensions of its base, and the distance orperpendicular from the apex to the plane of the base. Thedimensions of a sphere are its diameter or circumference.
The dimensions of a spheroid are the fixed and r ^ V ° &re inaxes. The dimensions of an ir regular surface or b'. e<rU la ra great measure arbitrary. The dimensions of an 1 “gjagsurface are thus taken : Fix upon some principalthrough the middle of the body in the dii'ection of fhf Ieng tUextension, as nearly as can be judged ; then divide tof this line into equal parts ; through the points ot ^ tb edraw perpendiculars, terminated by the boundary > fiielength of the first line and of the perpendicular ^ \>e
dimensions. The dimensions of a definite body aS ce r 'limited as to number, and the body may be accural® y _ j^ttained, either with l'egard to its construction or sob /, v li«t'an indefinite body can never be ascertained forever may be the number of its dimensions : greaterhowever, will be obtained, the greater the number 0 ufe otsions taken. The dimensions of an irregular plane asolid, ought to be taken in equidistant lines or pel
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Ihe method of squaring dimensions will bethe articles Cross Multiplication, Decimals .DECIMALS. 0 ,
. Iu writing the dimensions of a body, consisting 0 ^ ofdifferent parts, in order to avoid mistakes, an eye-dn 1 ^ ^sketch of the body, should be made, and two ang e '’ eJi ie> ywith its apex fixed in the opposite extremities ot ^ l ^ e fh®
sion, with a number placed between them IU "iwmteS 1 ,
length of the line : thus, .36 ft.- \tho
feet between the point of one angle and that o ce titfthe opening of each angle is always turned towai =>of the line. By this method no mistake can lin otl ,e ythough ever so many other dimensions cross on [ 0n gli^junless they come so close as to confuse. SimP' e . 0 d®''or rectangular prisms, are most frequently " r * re J i' 1 J jwithout any eye-draught, and the dimensions ” n er,t
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rectangle, 3 .. 9' X 4 .. 8', or 3 ..' 9' by 4.. 8' j that i* t) , 3 tJ inches by 4 feet 8 inches ; the maxi thus', ^
the figures below are inches, and consequently that t ^is the pkee of feet. A solid is thus denoted, 5 • • 3 ' *
12 .. 6, or 5 .. 3' by 4 .. 8' by 12 .. & ; that is, tIie . jg fe e ‘base, is 5 feet 3 inches by 4 feet 8 inches, 811 .
6 inches from end to end ; or the solid is 12 ff®*
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number of its dimensions ; in order therefore ° gany set of dimensions from the next, whether ge
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