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 Fines and Recoveries.

In this Court are pass'd all Fines and Recoveries; The use of a Fine is to barr a woman of her title, thirds, or Right of Dower in some Land the Hus∣band is minded to sell, and therefore she is always examined apart by the Judges or Commissioners, to know whether she part with it freely without the compulsion of her Husband: these Fines may be acknowledged either in the Court of Common-pleas

at Westminster in Term time, or before the Lord Chief Justice of that court, out of court, or in the country, by commission to certain gentle∣men for that purpose named; or before the judg∣es at the Assizes; in all which cases the Fees are somewhat variou••, but the most certain, as fol∣lows.

The charges of a Fine.

For drawing the concord	0	3	4
My Lords Fee	0	9	8
Ingrossing the concord	0	2	0
Writt of covenant	0	3	0
Retorn thereof and post Diem	0	2	4
For the Fine (according to the value of the premises,	0	0	0
To the Receiver	0	0	6
Entry and Indorsement	0	2	0
Hand	0	0	4
Warrant	0	0	8
To the Custos Brevium	0	3	8
Clark of the Kings Silver	0	1	4
To the Chirographer	0	6	8
For ingrosing the Fine	0	3	0
Attorneys fee	0	6	8
In all (besides the fine to the King]	2	5	2

Recoveries are frequently added to fines, and their use is to cut off Intails, & bar those in Re∣mainder; & is a security of the highest nature in

Law; and not to trouble the reader with another tedious Bill, the whole charge of it is betwee•• five and six pounds in ordinary Cases.