Usually the pious hope is expressed that, if he should be guilty of such wickedness, he may rot in filth, and be reborn a worm.
15.

Revenue officers commonly observe that revenue-free grants, which the author calls rent-free, are often ill cultivated.

The simple reason is that the stimulus of the collector's demand is wanting to make the owner exert himself.
16.

These leases now carry with them a right of ownership, involving the power of alienation, subject to the lien of the land revenue as a first charge.

Conversely, the modern codes lay down the principle that the revenue settlement must be made with the proprietor.