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.

34. Ed. 3. cap. 18. The plea of non claime, of fines from henceforth to be∣leuied, shall not be any barre.

34. H. 7. cap. 24. Euerie fine after the in∣grossing shall be proclaimed in the Court, the same Terme and the three next, foure seuerall daies in euerie Terme, all pleas ceasing the whilest. Which proclamations so made, the fine shall conclude all priuies and strangers, except women couert, per∣sons within xxj. yeares of age, in pri∣son, out of the Realme, or if non saue me∣morie (being no parties to the fine.) So they or their heires take their action or lawfull entrie within fiue yeares after those imper∣fections remoued. Sauing to all persons and their heires (other than parties) the right claime and interest which they haue at the time of the fine. So that they pursue it by action or lawfull entrie within fiue yeares next after the proclamations. And sauing to all other persons such right, title, claime, and interest as first shall grow, re∣maine or come to them after the proclama∣tions, by force of any matter before the fine. So they take their right according to

the law within 5. yeares next after it grow, &c. And those that bee couert Baron, &c. at the time when it groweth, &c. that they or their heires take their actions or lawfull entrie within fiue yeares after those imper∣fections remoued.

Sauing also to all not parties, nor priuies the exception that none of the parties, nor any to their vse, had any thing in the lands at the time of the fine.

31. H. 8. cap. 36. All fines leuied by any person of xxj. yeares of age of lands en∣tailed before the same fine, to himselfe or his ancestours in possession, reuersion, re∣mainder or vse, shall immediatly after pro∣clamation made, be a sufficient bar against him and his heires, claiming onely by such entaile, and against all other claiming one∣ly to his vse, or the vse of any heire of his bodie.

1. Marl. cap. 7. All fines whereupon pro∣clamations be not, or shall not bee duely made (by reason of the adiournement of a∣ny Terme by Writ) shall bee as good as if any Terme had beene holden from the be∣ginning to the end, and proclamations therein made according to the statute.

••1. Eliz cap. 2. Proclamations of fines shall be onely foure times, viz. once in the Terme wherein the fine is ingrossed, and once euery of the three Termes next after.

A femecouert ioyning with her husband * 1.1

in a fine it bindeth her for euer. There∣fore here the Iustices must examine her to see that she do it willingly. For if she say * 1.2 vpon her examination, that the husband did imprison her to leuie the fine, this fine is not to be receiued. A grant by fine of a seig∣niorie, rent charge, rent seck, remaynder, or reuersion, is presently good. Saue for bringing actions that runne in priuitie be∣tweene the Tenant and him. As an action of Waste or Cosimili casu, when the reuer∣tion * 1.3 of Tenant for life is granted by fine, and after Tenant for life a lieneth in fee, a Writ of Eschete or Ward when the Te∣nants seruices are granted by fine, and af∣ter the Tenant dyeth without heire, or his heire within age. But in these cases hee may enter for a forfeiture or eschete, and seise the Ward: and shall also be receiued vpon default of Tenant for life. * 1.4

Notes

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  Lit. 14••.
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  15. E. 4. 1.
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  48. E. 3. 15.
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  37. H. 6. 5.