1846 30 Nov. 3/5 Mr. O'Brien lays down, as his grand nostrum, the establishment of a peasant proprietary.
1903 25 Mar. 2/1 The peasant-proprietary clauses did not work; rackrenting continued, evictions increased.
1973 M. Brown xviiii. 292 The outcry for a peasant proprietary..was suddenly taken up seriously by Irish landlords themselves.