The Common Law Procedure Act: With Numerous Notes, Explanatory of Its Practical Effect, as to Process, Practice, and Pleading; and an Introductory Essay ...

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V. & R. Stevens and G.S. Norton, 1852 - 484 pages
 

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Page 263 - Judge shall certify that the refusal to admit was reasonable ; and no costs of proving any document shall be allowed unless such notice be given, except...
Page 194 - Court may be entered for such sum as shall be so agreed or ascertained, with or without costs, as the case may be, and execution may issue upon such judgment forthwith, unless otherwise agreed, or unless stayed by proceedings in error.
Page 280 - ... cause why damages in such action should not be assessed and recovered by him or them ; and if such defendant, his executors or administrators, shall appear at the return of such writ, and not...
Page 268 - ... may also levy the poundage fees and expenses of the execution over and above the sum recovered by the judgment.
Page 337 - ... or defendant in person, as the case may be, mentioning the city, town, or parish, and also the name of the hamlet, street, and number of the house of such plaintiff's or defendant's residence, if any such there be.
Page 336 - We command you, that within [here insert a sufficient number of days within which the defendant might appear, with reference to the distance he may be at from England] days after the service of this writ on you, inclusive of the day of such service, you do cause an appearance to be entered...
Page 316 - ... ejectment shall not be for the recovery of any messuage, then upon some notorious place of the lands, tenements or hereditaments, comprised in such...
Page 317 - ... was served, and that no sufficient distress was to be found on the demised premises, countervailing the arrears then due, and that the lessor...
Page 269 - And the writ shall in such case be renewed by being marked with a seal bearing the date of the day, month, and year of such renewal ; such seal to be provided and kept for that purpose at the proper office, and to be impressed upon the writ by the proper officer, upon delivery to him by the plaintiff or his solicitor of a memorandum in Form No.
Page 326 - ... whether the defect or error be that of the party applying to amend or not ; and all such amendments may be made with or without costs, and upon such terms as to the...

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