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.

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Title: 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.
Author: Finch, Henry, Sir, d. 1625.
Publication: London :: Printed [by Adam Islip] for the Societie of Stationers,; 1627.
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Statutes.

Marleb. cap. 21. The sherife may reple∣uin beasts not onely without but within a libertie also, if the baylife of the libertie will not.

Westm 2. cap. 2. The sherife or baylife shall take pledges of the plaintife not only de prosequēdo before they make deliuerance of the beasts, but of returning of the beasts if a returne be adiudged, hee that taketh pledge otherwise shall answer the price of the beasts. Vpon a returne awarded to the defendant, the writ De returno habendo shal haue this clause, (that the sherife shall not deliuer them without writ, wherein men∣tion shall be made of the iudgement.) And therupon the plaintife (if he will) may haue a iudicial writ to the sherife to deliuer him the beasts.

Vpon a returne awarded, after which if a returne another time be awarded, there shal be no more repleuins. And if vpon his de∣fault the second time, or otherwise the de∣fendant

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be adiudged to haue a new return, the distresse shall remaine yereplegiable.

1. & 2. Ph. & Ma. cap. 12. Euerie Sherife of a Shire (being no Citie) shall at his first * 1.1 Countie day, or within two moneths after receit of his pattent, proclaime in the Shire towne foure deputies at the least, dwelling not past twelue mile one from another, which in his name shall make repleuins as the sherife might do himselfe.

7 Many of the actions that went be∣fore, both for Reall things to be done as, * 1.2 Consuetudinibus & seruitijs: secta ad molendi∣num. Quod permittat: mesne: Dower, vnde nibil habet: and also personall actions, a•• Annuitie, debt, detinue, accompt, coue••••, trespasse, to what summe soeuer, may as well be brought in the Countie by Iusti∣cies, as to bee returnable in the Common place.

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4. Deputies to make Repleuins.

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* 1.2

(a) F. N. B. 151. b. Ibid. 123. a. Ibid. 123. f. Ibid 135. ••. Ibid 148. b. Ibid. 152. b. Ibid 119. g. Ibid. 138. b. Ibid. 117. b. Ibid. 145. c. Ibid. 85 f 86 g. In Ibid 86. For they are as a•• Commissiō in effect. And the Sherife may deter∣mine them by En∣quest, according to the course of the cō∣mon Law.

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