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Inquests Act 1328

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 1 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1328 c. 16
Year1328
Statutes made at Northampton in tribis septimanis Paschoe , Anno 2 Edw . III. and Anno Dom. 1328 Nisi Prius may be granted as well at the Tenants Suit as the Demandants.

(2 Edw. 3) C A P. XVI.

‘ I T E M, Whereas in a Statute made atYork , in the Time of the Father of our Lord the King that now is, it is contained that Inquests and Juries, which be and shall be hereafter taken, requiring no great Examination, shall be taken before one Justice of the Place where the Plea is, adjoining to him one discreet Man of the Country, Knight or other, so that a certain Day be given in the Bench, and a certain Day and Place in the Country, in the Presence of the Parties, if the Demandant pray the same; (2) and also the Inquests and Juries in Plea of Land, which require great Examination, shall be taken in the Country in the said Form before two Justices of the Bench;’ '(3) It is acorded and enacted, That all such Inquests which are, or in Time to come shall be taken, in Plea of Land, shall be taken as well at the Request of the Tenant as...

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