The Law and Practice of Distresses and Replevin

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A. Strahan and W. Woodfall, 1794 - Distress (Law) - 339 pages
 

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Page 238 - Nicholas above thereof complains : and this he prays may be inquired of by the country, and the faid Samuel like wife, &c.
Page 262 - G. is not under any neceffity, nor is he bound by the law of the land in any manner to anfwer; and this he is ready to verify; wherefore for want of a fufficient plea in this behalf, the faid G.
Page 298 - Britain, at the two moft ufual feafts or terms in the year, to wit, on the feaft of St. Michael the Archangel and the Annunciation of the Blefled Virgin Mary, by even and equal portions to be paid : by virtue of which demife the fame Matthew G.
Page 263 - John pray judgment, and a return of the cow aforefaid, together with their damages, cofts and charges, according .to the form of the ftatute in fuch cafe made and provided, to be adjudged to them, .&c.
Page 244 - Charles may rejoin to the errors aforefaid, and that the court of the faid lord the king here may proceed to the examination as well of the record and procefs aforefaid, as of the matter aforefaid above for error afligned. &ift the faid Charles Rr3r;nJn s faith, that neither in the record and procefs aforefaid, nor in the aiv...
Page 307 - Edward in manner and form aforefaid above pleaded, murrer> and the matter in the fame contained are good and fufficient in law to...
Page 34 - I apprehend that it is not, for the landlord is not tenant in fee, fee tail, or for life, of such a rent ; and it is the executors of such tenants only who are mentioned in the act. However, in trespass, where it appeared that the defendant had distrained the plaintiff's goods for rent due to his testator upon a lease for years...
Page 314 - Curwin, efquires; being accufed and fufpedted of perpetrating divers acts of witchcraft, contrary to the form of the ftatute, in that cafe made and provided...
Page 36 - ... thereof to be taken when cut, gathered, cured and made, and not before; provided that notice of the place where such distress shall be lodged, shall, in one week after the lodging thereof, be given to the tenant, or left at the last place of his abode ; and...
Page 241 - ... the sheriff is commanded, that, by the oath of twelve good and lawful men of his bailiwick, he diligently inquire what damages the said plaintiff hath sustained by means of the premises...

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