An ordinance for continuing an ordinance, entituled, An ordinance for further suspending the proceedings of the judges named in an Act of Parlament,: entituled, An act for relief of creditors & poor prisoners. Until the one & thirtieth day of May instant. Tuesday May 16. 1654. Ordered by his Highness the Lord Protector, and his council, that this ordinance be forthwith printed and published. Henry Scobell, Clerk of the Council.
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- An ordinance for continuing an ordinance, entituled, An ordinance for further suspending the proceedings of the judges named in an Act of Parlament,: entituled, An act for relief of creditors & poor prisoners. Until the one & thirtieth day of May instant. Tuesday May 16. 1654. Ordered by his Highness the Lord Protector, and his council, that this ordinance be forthwith printed and published. Henry Scobell, Clerk of the Council.
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- England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell)
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- London :: printed by William du-Gard and Henry Hills, printers to His Highness the Lord Protector,
- 1654.
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- Prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc.
- Debtor and creditor -- Great Britain
- Poor -- England
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"An ordinance for continuing an ordinance, entituled, An ordinance for further suspending the proceedings of the judges named in an Act of Parlament,: entituled, An act for relief of creditors & poor prisoners. Until the one & thirtieth day of May instant. Tuesday May 16. 1654. Ordered by his Highness the Lord Protector, and his council, that this ordinance be forthwith printed and published. Henry Scobell, Clerk of the Council." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A74560.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2024.
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[illustration] seal of the CommonwealthAN ORDINANCE For continuing an Ordinance, Entituled, An Ordinance for further suspending the proceedings of the Judges named in an Act of Parlament, Entituled, An Act for relief of Creditors and poor Prisoners, Untill the 31th day of May instant.
[illustration] seal of the Commonwealth
BE it Ordained by his High∣ness the Lord Protector by and with the advice and consent of his Council, That one Ordinance of the eighteenth of April one thousand six hundred fifty and four, Entituled, An Ordinance for further suspending the proceedings of the Judges named in an Act, Entituled, An Act for the Relief of Creditors and poor Prisoners, be continu∣ed
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and shall stand in force until the one & thirti∣eth day of May instant; And that the severall and respective Iudges mentioned in the said Act, or any of them, shall not proceed to the sale or disposition of any the Estates real or per∣sonal of any of the Prisoners, or other person or persons whatsoever, mentioned or intended in, or by the said Act, nor shall otherwise inter∣meddle in the execution of the said Act, or of a∣ny the Powers or Authorities given by the same, until the said one and thirtieth day of May instant, otherwise than as in the said Or∣dinance is limitted, and that all other Acts or things to be done by the said respective Iudges, or any of them, by vertue of the said Act from henceforth until the one and thirtieth day of May aforesaid, shall be and are hereby declared to be utterly null and void.