The country-mans counsellour, or, Every man made his own lawyer. Plainly shewing the nature, and offices of all courts as Kings bench, common pleas, chancery, exchequer, marshalsey, &c. VVith the just feas for all vvrits & proceedings in each court; allowed and established by act of Parliament. As also how to sue a man to the out-lawry, or to reverse the same: to pass a fine'er recovery, to sue an attorney or clerk, to get an injunctionin chanciry to stop your advercsaries proceedings at law, to sue in forma pauperis, &c. VVith approved presidents, and easie directions for all persons, how to make according to law, bonds, bills, acquittances, general releases, letters of attorney, bills of sale, vvills, &c. work most useful to all persons, the like not extant, and now published for a general good. With allowance / by H. R.

Of the Common-pleas.

IN this Court you may sue for debts, accounts, Titles of Land, Trespasses, and almost all other differences that can happen between man and man, wherein there is no criminal matter or breach of the peace.

The first process here is call'd an original, upon the making out of which, if the debt or damages therein specified exceed 40 l. you must pay down as a fine to the King, from 40 l. to a 100 marks, 6 s 8 d and if a 100 l. 10 s. and so proportionably.

In this Court it is that Men are commonly sued to the Out-Lawry: A remedy intended by the Law, only against such as hid themselves from, or forcibly withstood being taken by ordinary pro∣cess; whereupon after several writts r••turned, that they could not be found, and proclamatio made five days by the Sheriff at the County Court, they stand Out-law'd, uncapable to bring any Action, or liable to have their Persons or Estates seized in the nature of Execution, as well on the behalf of the King as the plaintiff: but now some envious peo∣ple make use hereof to vex their neighbours by Out-lawing them for trifles before they hear a word of it; which is a very great abuse.

To sue a man to the Out-lawry, requires the space of three terms, but if you begin in the first Week of one term, you may take the advantage of the term before: for dating your Writts, the several process and Fees are as follows.

Michaelmas Term. 28th. of K. C. 2.

Doe against Roe.	For the Kings Fine	0	10	0
For the Original Post diem and Entry	0	02	0
	For the Capias Seal & Post diem	0	02	3

Hillary following.

For the Alias Capias and Post diem	0	01	11
For Attorneys Fee	0	03	04

Easter following.

For the pluries Ca∣pias seal & post diem	0	01	1
For the VVarrant of Attorney	0	00	04
For the Exigent & seal	0	02	02
For retorn thereof	0	01	00
For the Attorney's Fee	0	03	04

In all

01

08

03

If you suspect any body is sueing you to the Out-Lawry privately, you may search the Phili∣zers, or Exigenters Office, which will cost but 4 d. a Term; and if you find it before the Exigent re∣torned, which is the last VVritt, for about 14 s. charge you may get a Supersedeas and in such case the plaintiff looses all his charges, and must accept of Common-Bail; but if you are already actually Out-law'd, you must put in special Bail, and it will cost you neer 40 s. to reverse it.