Lincoln Corporation Act 1915
WHEREAS the city of Lincoln (in this Act called "the city") is under the government of the mayor aldermen and citizens of the city (in this Act called "the Corporation") :

And whereas the Corporation are lords of the manor of the city of Lincoln and lords of the manor of Canwick and as such claim to be seized of or otherwise entitled to the inheritance in fee simple of and in the soil and freehold of the South or Canwick Common and the West or Carholme Common in the city and the common known...