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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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.
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London :: Printed [by Adam Islip] for the Societie of Stationers,
1627.
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Law -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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Statutes.

27. H. 1. Stat. 1. cap. 1. De finibus leuatis. Exception against a fine, that the plaintifes or defendants, or their ancestors, were al∣wayes seised of the lands contained in the fine shall not from henceforh be admitted in the parties to the fine or their heires.

The fines shall two dayes in the weeke be publiquely and solemnly read, and all pleas cease in the meane time.

5. H. 4. cap. 14. All Writs of Couenant and other, whereupon sines be leuied, the

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Dedimus potestatem, and all knowledges and notes of the same, before that they bee drawne out of the Common bench by the Chirographer, shall be enrolled in a roll to be of record for euer Out of the which exe∣cution shal be had, if the notes or fines shal be imbezilled.

23. Eliz. cap. 3. Euerie Writ of Coue∣nant, or other writ whereupon any fine is leuied, the returne thereof, the Dedimus Po∣testatem and returne thereof, the concord, note, and foot of the fine, the proclamati∣ons and the Queenes siluer: Also euery writ of Entrie in the Post or other writ, where∣upon any common recouerie is suffered, the Writs of sommons ad warrantizandum, and the returnes of all these writs, and euerie Warrant of Attorny may at any mans re∣quest be enrolled. Which enrolment shall be of as great force to all purposes in Law as the things themselues if they were ex∣tant.

No fine, proclamation, or common reco∣uerie shall be reuersed by writ of Error, by reason of false Latine, rasure, enterlyning, misentring of the Warant of Attorny, or of any proclamation misentring, or non re∣turne of the Sherife, or by reason of any o∣ther defect of forme in words, and not in matter of substance.

Fines executed bind all persons if * 1.1 claime be not made within a yeare, there∣fore it is called a fine, Quia finis finem sitibus

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imponaebat. And in a fine vpon a render, if * 1.2 the Conisee sue not execution within the yeare but after the yeare, by a scire facias, no strainger need to lay to his claime.

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