Statutes.
23. Eliz. cap. 3. Plie entrie of record of an Atturnement vpon a fine shal be vtterly void, except the partie (mentioned to at∣turne) first haue appeared in Court in per∣son, or by atturny warranted by the hand of one of the Iustices of one Bench or other, or of one Iustice of assise, vpon a writ of Quid iuris clamat, qu••m redditum reddit, or per quae seruicia, as the case requireth.
In petitions whether in Parliament or * 1.1 elsewhere, and though the king haue gran∣ted the lands ouer, or wheresoeuer the king being made partie, may be at losse: as when he is prayed in aide of, in a praecipe quod red∣dat, or other reall action against his lessee, but not in (b) 1.2 trespasse (c) 1.3 Eiectione firme, or other (d) 1.4 personall action, for there he is to lose nothing. A writ of search lyeth, which is to search in the Tresury before the plea proceed, if by likelyhood some matter may be there to maintaine his title. As vpon fin∣ding by office that A. died seised (of cer∣taine land holden of the King) without heire, and a trauerse put in that A. held not of the king. But if one come and say that A. had issue B. who enfeoffed him, there no