c.  40  ;  39  &  40  Vict.  c.  17),  by  any  joint  tenant  without
the  consent  of  his  co-tenants,  by  application  to  the  Chan-
cery Division  in  England,  or  the  Chancery  Division  or
the  Landed  Estates  Court  in  Ireland,  or  if  the  property  in
question  does  not  exceed  500/.  in  value,  by  application  to
the  County  Court.
Whether  the  partition  takes  place  by  agreement  between
the  joint  tenants  or  by  decree  of  the  Court,  the  joint  tenants
must  mutually  convey  to  one  another  their  allotted  shares.
This  conveyance  must  be  by  deed  (8  &  9  Vict.  c.  106),  and
by  way  not  of  grant  but  of  release.  {See  infra,  p.  205.)
The  conveyance  should  be  by  release  because  before  parti-
tion each  tenant  was  in  possession  and  owner  of  the  whole.
When,  however,  a  partition  by  agreement  is  made  through
the  Land  Commissioners  (which  is  the  usual  and  cheapest
method),  no  conveyances  of  any  kind  are  necessary.
