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Stat. Westm. sec. - Actions of Waste Act 1285

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 1 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1285 c. 14
Year1285
The Statute of WESTMINSTER the Second, made Anno 13 Edw I Stat. 1. and Anno Dom. 1285 The Process in an Action of Waste. A Writ to enquire of Waste.

(13 Edw. 1) C A P. XIV.

‘WHereas for Waste done in the Inheritanceof any Person, by Guardians, Tenants in Dower, Tenants by the Courtefie ofEngland , or otherwise for Term of Life, or Years, a Writ of Prohibition of Waste hath been used to be granted, by which Writs many were deceived, thinking that such as had done the Waste should not need to answer but only for Waste done after the Prohibition to them directed;’ (2) 'our Lord the King, to remove from henceforth this Error, hath ordained, That of all Manner of Waste done to the Damage of any Person, there shall from henceforth be no Writ of Prohibition awarded, but a Writ of Summons, so that he of whom Complaint is shall answer for Waste done at any Time; (3) and if he come not after the Summons, he shall be attached, and after the Attachment he shall be distrained; (4) and if he come not after the Distress, the Sheriff shall be commanded that in proper Person he shall take with him twelve,&c. and shall go to the Placewasted, and shall enquire of the Waste done, and shall return an Inquest, and after the Inquest returned, they shall pass unto Judgement, like as it is contained in the Statute of Gloucester.'

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