our Books, in all other Actions, whether
Personal or Mixt, for a Declaration.
A Count or Declaration therefore (being
Terms equivocal, and so used in the fol∣lowing
Discourse) ought principally to
contain Three things:
First, The Plaintiffs and the Defendant's
Names, (which in Actions Real are called,
Demandant and Tenant) and the Nature
of the Action; and this by some is termed
the Demonstration, or Demonstrative Part
of the Count.
Secondly, The Time, the Place, and the
Act; in which ought to be comprehended,
How, and in what manner the Action did
accrue, or first arise between the Parties;
When, what Day, what Year, and what
Place, and to Whom the Action shall be
given; which is called the Declarative Part
of the Count.
And Lastly, The Perclose or Conclusion,
which is Unde deterioratus est, &c. In which
the Plainti••f ought to Aver, and Profer to
prove his Suit, and shew the Damage he
hath sustained, by the Wrong and Injury
done unto him by the Defendant.
And this Definition, (consisting of a Tria,
somewhat resembling the Logical Major,
Minor, and Conclusion) some of the Ancients
(among whom none more fond of it than
Mr. Fleetwood, the Famous Recorder of Lon∣don)
conceived to be a perfect Syllogism.
The Statute of 36 Ed. 3. cap. ult. seemeth
to help want of Form in Counts, in these
words;—By the Ancient Terms and Forms