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A. D. 1576. Anno xviii Rcginoe El 1 . hjb, 12 — 14. and keep his or thcirTithe*, and likewife for the Church-* Profits of the Glebe Land*, and oth md Duties of every fuch UTe of the Poor as aforefaid, until Inch Time as Sequeftration fhall and then as well the Church to yield Account i , hini or them to whom fuch Sequeftration (hall bi committed j (4) and th I Sequeftration fliall be committed from Time to lime, fha I juftly and truly emploi i':iul Profit., or the true and juft Value thereof, without Fraud or Guile, to fuch .Uw Statute is limited and appointed, (5) upon Pain of Forfeiture of the d< , to be recovered in the Ecclcfuthcal Court by the Poor of the faid Parifll. .; Co. 1 - I c a p. xir. An Act for Trial of Nifiprius in the County of Midd'.cfcx. 1 XT H E R E A S heretofore all Iflues joined in any of the Court:, o Record at Weflminfltt - 1 W the County of Midillefx, have been ufually tried at the Par. in the laid Com; ' (2) And whereas a great Number of Actions have of laic Years 1' lit in the laid C ..-.-, for SpeedineTs of Trial, and that for (mall Caufes, (jjj by Reafon whereof, the Judges .if the ' fame Courts have not only been letted and hindered in their Proceedings in A: whereof, Be it enacted by the Queen's moft Exctllerit Majefty, our Sovereign Lady, with the Aflcnt of»» 1 the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Common , in this prefent Parliament aflembled, ai Authority of the fame. That from henceforth the Chief Juftice of England tot the Time being, upon lli'ues j joined or to be joined in the Court called the King's Bench j or in the Court of Chancery, the Chief Ju of the Common Pleas for the Time being, upon iflues joined or to be joined in the Court of Common 7 £. t. Pleas, and the Chief Baron of the Exchequer for the Time being, upon Iflues joined or to be joined in the'4* 6 ' <■ '• Court of the Exchequer, (5) or in the Abfencc or Default of any of them, two other Judges or Barons of the fame fevcral Courts where it (hall happen cither of the fame Chief Juftices, or the Chief Baron, for the any of the faid Courts by an Inqucft of the faid County ot Middlefex: (7) And that Commiifions and Wri*. ' ■; of Niji prius fhall be awarded in fuch Cafes, and in fuch Eorm, as they are or have been ufed in any Ot Shire of this Realm : (8) And that it fliall be lawful for any Perfon or Perfpns from henceforth, upi fonable Warning given to the adverfe Party or his or their Attorney, as hath been accultomcd in fuch like ; Cafes, to take or fue forth Writs and Records of Niji prius, for the Trial of the f. id Ifluca in the fid County of Middlefex, as they may do upon any IfTuc joined, triable in any other Countv, (9) and there- upon take the Jury in fuch Manner and Form, and with awarding of Tales de Circumftarifibus, and '- ing the Nonfuit, as is ufed for the Trial of Iflues joined, or Nonfuits to be awarded, in the faid Courts or any of them, triable within the City of London, or within any other County of this Realm of England: (•o) And that the Sheriffs of the faid County of Middkfcx for the Time being, fliall make Return of all Tl Writs of Nijt prius which fliall be delivered to them, or to their or to any of their fufficient Deputy for the 1 ;;' 1 Time being, Before the faid Judges, Baron or Barons and every of them, and (hall give their Attendance Upon the faid Juftices, Baron and Barons, as well for the Returning of fuch Tales as thai! be prayed de Circum/lantjbus, for the Trying of the faid Iffies, as for the Doing and Executing of al! other Thing Tilings to the Office of Sheriff in fuch Cafe belonging and appertaining: (11) And that all Perfons t impanelled in fuch Juries, and the Parties to the fame 1 flues and Suits, and the Witnefles for the i 1 . {hall be charged and bound in fuch and the like Sort, and upon like Pains and Penalties for their not p- pearan.ee aiijd Attendance, or for their or any of , their Mifdcmeanour or Default before the faid Jul of Nifi prius, as they fhould have been, if the fame Iflue had been tried in the Court from whem . prius thereof was awarded : (12) All which feveral Trials fo to be had before the faid feveral Juftices, The Jure Baron or Barons, fhall by Authorityof this prefent Parliament ftand and be as good and available in Law, J* 1 as if the fame had been tried in the Term-time, at the Bar in the Court where fuch Iffue was joine i or T ° t ""j triable ; any Law, Ufage or Cultom heretofore made, ufed or acculloined to the contrary hereof in any wife notwithftanding. CAP. XIII. An Act concerning Offices found within the Counties Palatines. O n S. 12 Car.Si c.;4. CAP. XIV. A n Aft for Reformation of Jeofails. BE it enacted by the Queen's mod excellent Majcfty, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the This AS ot- Commons, in 'this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That if any *<?*& *?. Wnl Verdict of twelve Men or more fhall be hereafter given in any Action, Suit, Bill, Plaint or Demand, in "J j*° ' any • '