Lavv, or, a discourse thereof in foure bookes. Written in French by Sir Henrie Finch Knight, his Maiesties Serieant at Law. And done into English by the same author.

Statutes.

14. E. 3. cap. 6. No Processe shall be ad∣nulled or discontinued by the Clarkes mi∣staking in writing one syllable or one let∣ter too little, or too much, but shall spee∣dily be amended, without any aduantage to the other.

9. H. 5. cap 4. made perpetuall.

4. H. 6. cap. 3. The Iustices before such pleas or Records bee made, or shall bee de∣pending by adiournement, errors, or other∣wise, may make such amendment as well after iudgement as before.

4 H. 6. cap. 3. The former Statutes shall not extend to Records and Processe, where∣by any person shall be out-lawed.

8. H 6. cap. 12. No iudgement or Record shall be reuersed or adnulled for error, as∣signed in rasing or interlining, adding, sub∣stracting, or diminishing of words, letters, titles, or parcell of letters in any Record, Processe, or warrant of Atturney, originall Writ, or iudiciall Pannell, or retorne, though to the Iudges of the Courts where∣in the said Records and Processe be certify∣ed (by Writ of Error, or otherwise) the same appeare suspected. But the Kings Iudges of the Courts where the said Records and Processe be certifyed by Writ of Error, or otherwise, shal examine the same by them∣selues and their Clarkes, and amend there∣in (in affirmance of the first Iudgement) al that seemeth to them to bee the Clarkes misprision: Except Appeales, Inditements of Treason, and of Felonies, and the Out∣lawries of the same. And the substance of

the proper names, syr-names, and additi∣ons, left out in originall Writs of Exigend, and other Writs containing Proclamation. And if any Record, Processe, Writ, War∣rant of Atturney, Returne, or Pannell, to be certified defectiue, otherwise than accor∣ding to the writing which thereof remai∣neth in the Treasurie, Courts, or places from whence they be certified; the parties in affirmance of the Iudgements of such Records or Processe, shall haue aduantage to alledge variance betwixt the same Wri∣ting and the Certificate: which being found and certifyed, the same variance shall bee by the said Iudges amended, according to the first writing.

27. Eliz. cap. 7. After demurrers ioyned and entred, the same Court may amend all imperfections, defects, & wants of forme, other than those onely which the party de∣murring shall particularly expresse with his demurrer.

Officers are those which are to serue the Courts Precepts, and where the Pre∣cept so requireth, to certifie the Court thereof: which we call a returne.

So vpon a Writ to inquire of dammages, it is a good returne that the Inquest gaue * 1.1 no dammages. For he returneth what they did.

But vpon a Capias returned Cepi corpus, he * 1.2 shall be amerced if he haue it not there at

the day. For the Writ is, Capias ita quod corpus eius habere possis, &c. tali die, &c.

Notes

• * 1.1

  44. E. 3. 3.
• * 1.2

  44. E. 3 2.