The New Natura Brevium Volume 1 ; from Notes and References added and the Index considerably enlarged In Two Volumes

by Anthony Fitzherbert

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1794 ...the form of the writ is The king to the sheriff, Sec. Put before our jujlices at Westminster such a day, the plea which is in your counts by our writ between A. and B. of the cattle of him the jaid A. taken and unjujily detained, as it is said, and tell the aforesaid A. that he may be there is he will, to prosecute his-plea thereupon against the aforesaid B. And have you there this writ and the other Witness, &c. And because the aforesaid B. took the cattle aforesaid within bis fee for cufloms and services due to him, as it is said, if the cause be true, and the aforesaid B. require it, let execution of this writ be done, otherwise, not. And he (a) may shew divers other because the aforesaid B. and C. took the catt'e aforesaid in the fee os him the said B. for cujloms, &c. let extcution be done, Sec. as above. Or Because A. the clerk of D. sheriff of the county aforesaid, who frequently in the absence of the sheriff of the county holds the pleas of the fame county, is the kinsman of the aforesaid A. for which the fame sheriff favours him the said A. in the plea afo esaid, aj, it is said, let execution be done, ice. as above. Post. 119. And he may stiew any cause which induceth any favour that the sheriff doth or is like to do unto the plaintiff. Or Because the aforesaid B. claims the aforesaid A. to be his villain, and for that reason asserts the cattle aforesaid to be his own7for which that plea ought nit to be brought in the county, as it is said, let execution be done, &c. as above. The seme holds And if a replevin be sued by writ in any other lord's rtcordan"10 court than in the king's court, then the plaint cannot jnfra 70. B. oe removed before the justices by the plaintiff, nor by the b) But the cause m...

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Published May 19, 2012

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1470-1538

Sir Anthony Fitzherbert