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restricted to <del><gap/></del> claims to the amount in the<lb/> | restricted to <del><gap/></del> claims to the amount in the<lb/> | ||
higher Courts of £20, <add>& upwards</add> in the inferior, if <gap/>.<lb/> | higher Courts of £20, <add>& upwards</add> in the inferior, if <gap/>.<lb/> | ||
& <add>The demand</add> in these <add>even these</add> cases to be verified <add>authenticated</add> by an Oath.</p> | |||
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As this Oath, like othat Oaths can be taken only<lb/> | |||
before certain persons authorised to receive them | |||
sitting in <add>whose residence the nature of their function combined to</add> a certain place viz: that <gap/> <unclear>done</unclear> <add><gap/> of the</add> | |||
called England | |||
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INSOLVENCY Arrest tolled Salv. Credit
I will mention an indirect experiment that has
been made which may reduce to tend in a considerable
degree to reduce our apprehension of this ill
consequence.
The immeasurable abuses which had resulted from
the power exercised of seizing persons
upon a naked claim of debt to ever so small an amount in the first
instance, drew at length from the Legislature
that salutary Law by which this power was
restricted to claims to the amount in the
higher Courts of £20, & upwards in the inferior, if .
& The demand in these even these cases to be verified authenticated by an Oath.
As this Oath, like othat Oaths can be taken only
before certain persons authorised to receive them
sitting in whose residence the nature of their function combined to a certain place viz: that done of the
called England
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