PRESCRIPTION ACT 1832 (IMP) - SECT 8
PRESCRIPTION ACT 1832 (IMP) - SECT 8
8 . What time to be excluded in computing the term of 40 years appointed by this Act
Provided always, and
be it further enacted, that when any land or water upon, over, or from which
any such way or other convenient watercourse or use of water shall have been
or shall be enjoyed or derived hath been or shall be held under or by virtue
of any term of life, or any term of years exceeding three years from the
granting thereof, the time of the enjoyment of any such way or other matter as
herein last before mentioned, during the continuance of such term, shall be
excluded in the computation of the said period of forty years, in case the
claim shall within three years next after the end or sooner determination of
such term be resisted by any person entitled to any reversion expectant on the
determination thereof.