★ Find a new page on our Untranscribed Manuscripts list.
DELAY By Writs of Error.
1
The Delays practised compassed by Writs of Error admitt of a very easy and unexceptionable Ren
A to delay, besides Interest, may be spite, which may have purchase a compleat qualification at a small rate when the success of him who hath right may depend upon the excercise possession of an act of in the life of another, & life is about to the miscarriage that must ensue upon the total non-existence of all merits.
2
On the present footing it is matter of Calculation in all cases whether a Writ of Error shall
be brought by an unsuccessful party, in full contemplation consciousness of the absence non-existence of all
merits & contemplation of a consequent miscarriage
3.
For example if the Sum for which the Judgment be given is £1000, the probable
time for which the payment may be delayed by proceedings in Error, one a Year, ad
the probable costs + + which are here capable of a being reduced very nearly to a certainty very precise distinction, since the 2 great sources of uncertainty of expense, Costs of Witnesses & Advocates are cut off have no places
during that time £30 — If the Plff he would be glad to have
money at 5 per Cent, he is 20£ a clear gainer he has the protection of the Law for a clear gain of 20£ without hazard by protracting
injustice litigation:
Identifier: | JB/050/017/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 50. |
|||
---|---|---|---|
1-8 |
|||
050 |
procedure code |
||
017 |
procedure civil delay by writ of error |
||
001 |
|||
text sheet |
1 |
||
recto |
c1 |
||
jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::j honig & zoonen [lion with vryheyt motif]]] |
||
cc1 |
|||
16008 |
|||