The Summary Jurisdiction of Magistrates: Being a Precis of All the Acts, Or Such Parts of Them, as are Administrable at the Petty Sessions Courts in Ireland : with an Appendix on the Course of Proceeding, Deduced from the Latest Authorities, Book 364Hodges and Smith, 1835 - 238 pages |
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act of parliament action adjudge aforesaid amend appear appointed appraiser authorized certificate certiorari charges chattels clerk complaint conviction court credible witnesses damage defendant distress and sale duly duties ENACTED evidence exceed execution forfeit a sum forfeit and pay forfeit the sum forfeiture gaol give given grand juries hand and seal hard labour hear and determine house of correction imprisonment inspector Ireland judgment jurisdiction justice or justices justices of peace lawful levied by distress liable Lord Lord TENTERDEN magistrates Majesty's justices master neglect notice oath overplus owner parish pawn pawnbroker person Petty Sessions plaintiff proceedings prosecution Proviso quarter sessions recognizance recovered refuse repealed replevin shillings special constables stamp statute sufficient sum not exceeding summons sureties term not exceeding thereof three calendar months tices tion town trespass unless vessel viction want of form warrant of distress
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