Stat. Westm. sec. - Punishment of him that taketh away a Ward Act 1285
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1285 c. 35 |
| Year | 1285 |
(13 Edw. 1) C A P. XXXV.
'COncerning Children Males or Females (whose Marriage belongeth to another) taken and carried away, if the Ravisher have no Right in the Marriage, though after he restore the Childunmarried, or else pay for the Marriage, he shall nevertheless be punished for his Offence by two Years Imprisonment; (2) and if he do not restore, or do marry the Child after the Years of Consent, and be not able to satisfy for the Marriage, he shall abjure the Realm, or have perpetual Imprisonment; (3) and thereupon the Plaintiff shall have such a Writ:'
Si A. fecerit te securum de clamore suo, &c. tunc pone per vadium, &c. B. quod sit coram justiciariis, &c. ostensurus, quare talem hredem infra tatem existentem, cujus maritagium ad ipsum pertinet, tali loco inventum rapuit & abduxit contra voluntatem ipsius A. & contra pacem nostram, &c.
'( 4) And if the Heir be in the same County, then this Clause must be thereto added:'
Et diligenter inquiras, ubi ille hres fit in balliva tua; & ipsum (ubicunque fuerit inventus) capias, & salvo & secure custodias, ita quod eum babeas coram prfatis justiciariis nostris ad prfatum terminum, ad reddendum cui prdictorum A. vel B. reddi debeat.
'( 5) And Suit shall be made against the Party on whom Complaint is made, until he come in by Distress, if he have whereby he may be distrained; or else for his Contumacy, in case he be not justifiable, he shall be outlawed. (6) And if percase the Heir be married, or carried into another County, then a Writ shall be directed to the Sheriff of the same Shire in this Form:'
Questus est nobis A. quod B. nuper talem hredem infra tatem & in custodia sua existentem tali loco in comitatu tali rapuit, & de comitatu tali ad talem locum in com' tuo abduxit contra voluntatem ipsius A. & contra pacem nostram, &c. Et ideo tibi prcipimus, quod prdictum hredem (ubicunque in balliva tua invenire poteris) capias, & salvo & secure eum custodias, ita quod eum habeas coram justitiariis nostris, &c. tali die, quem idem A. habet versus prdictum B. ad reddendum cui de jure reddi debeat.
'( 7) And if the Heir do die afore he can be found, or before he can be restored to the Plaintiff, the Plea shall pass between them nevertheless, until it be tried unto whom he ought to have been restored if he had been living. (8) Neither shall...
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