or ought by law to be; AND by the same statute it is also enacted, that the justices of this Court for the time being (other than the Chief Justice) should take order in all needful and convenient matters for the said inrolments, giving them power also to examine and punish by fine and amerciaments any clerks, sheriffs, deputy, attorney, or other person, for his or their misprision, contempt, and negligence, touching the premises: THEREFORE, this Court DOTH DECLARE AND DIRECT, That all attornies, clerks, sheriffs, deputies, and officers, be from henceforth more careful to file their writs of covenant, entry, summons, and seisin, and other the writs in the statute mentioned, and to make due returns thereof, and to do all other things pertaining to their several offices which the law requires to be by them performed, touching the said fines and recoveries, upon pain of such fines and amerciaments as the Court may assess upon them by the said statute, which this Court declares they will from time to time put in full execution, according to the said act of Parliament, for the punishment and prevention of the great mischiefs which shall or may happen by such misprisions, neglects, and contempts as aforesaid.

D.

[Easter Term, 29 Car. 2. 1677.]

Forasmuch as it hath been represented to this Court, by the Clerk of the King's silver of this Court, that it is not possible for him to take care of the stopping of such fines, as by order of Court he is enjoined to stop, by reason of the multitude of old orders concerning this matter which have been granted and never recalled, so that he cannot know which orders stand in force, and which are determined

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, that for the future all manner of caveats and orders for the stopping any fines shall be renewed every term, and copies thereof left with the clerk of the King's silver, for which he is to demand only his ancient fee of 3s. 4d. the term; and in default thereof all caveats that shall not be so renewed shall lose their force and be void.

Caveats for fines to be

stopping

renewed

every term.

E.

[Michaelmas Term, 29 Charles 2, 1677.]

Through the great complaints that have been Prothono

made to this Court, of the neglects of attornies and clerks to file the writs and warrants of attorney, whereupon common recoveries have been

taries on

seizing ex

emplifications to re

tain the

writs and

warrants of attorney.

And the custos bre

suffered, and of the mischiefs that have thereupon happened,

And for prevention of such mischiefs and dangers in times to come, It is ordered, as well by the consent of the custos brevium as of the prothonotaries and clerk of the warrants of this Court,

That at all times hereafter when the said prothonotaries shall examine and sign the exemplifications of such recoveries, they in their respective offices do then cause all the said writs, being sealed and duly returned, and all warrants of attorney thereupon taken without writ, to be left in their hands to be filed, with the usual fees for filing the same, without post terminums.

And that the said custos brevium and clerk of vium after- the warrants, or their known deputies, shall receive and receive from the said prothonotaries in their

wards to

file them.

respective offices their said writs and warrants of attorney; with the said fees for filing thereof, in manner following: to wit, for the said writs and warrants prosecuted and perfected of this present Term, and every other Term of Saint Michael, in Easter Term then next following; and for the said writs and warrants of attorney of every Hilary Term, in Trinity Term next after; and for the said writs and warrants of attorney of every Easter Term, in Michaelmas Term next after; and for the said writs and

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warrants of attorney of every Trinity Term, in Hilary Term then next following.

The custos

brevium to

ceipts to

taries for

And that the said custos brevium and clerk of the warrants, or their said deputies, shall give give rereceipts under their hand of all such writs and prothonowarrants as shall be from time to time received them. from each of the said prothonotaries, by way of duplicate, containing the county where the lands lie; the names of the demandants, tenants, and vouchees, who come in by writs of summons; `and also of the attorneys and clerks who prosecuted the said recoveries.

F.

[Easter Term, 30 Charles 2., 1678.]

SS. The 25th April. Whereas lately, to wit, in the Term of St. Michael last past, for the avoid

Order rewrits of ensigned by

quiring

try to be

the Attor

ral.

ing of errors, oftentimes happening by the negligence of attorneys and clerks of the Court here, ney-Genefor want of due prosecution and filing of writs of entry, summons, seisin and warrants of attorney, upon which common recoveries are suffered, It was ordered by the Court, by the assent of the custos brevium, prothonotaries, and clerk of the warrants of this Court, "That whensoever the said prothonotaries, in their offices "respectively, should examine and sign any recovery by the Court here exemplified, the said

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Prothono

tary not to

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prothonotaries should see that the writs and "warrants aforesaid should be duly executed "and returned, and left in the hands of those "prothonotaries respectively, with the usual "fees for filing of the same." Now upon complaint of Sir William Jones, Attorney-General of our Lord the King, to the Justices of this Court made, that certain attornies and clerks of this Court have neglected to bring their writs of entry to be signed by him the said AttorneyGeneral, under his hand, as belongs to his office according to the ancient course, in fraud of the said Attorney-General of his fees in that behalf,

IT IS ORDERED, that the said prothonotaries for the future, on examination and signing of such recoveries, shall take care that every such writ of entry be signed by the said AttorneyGeneral, otherwise the said prothonotaries shall not sign such exemplifications until the writ thereof shall be so signed; and the said AttorneyGeneral is desired to sign without delay the said writs delivered to him for his hand to them.

G.

[Easter Term, 34 Charles 2, 1682.]

SS. The 13th May. Upon complaint of Sir Ro

file writs of bert Sawyer, Knight, the King's Attorney-General, made to the Justices of this Court, that

entry until

signed by

the Attor

ney-Gene- many writs of entry en le post, which by him as

ral.