The pleader's guide, a didactic poem, by J. Surrebutter, 2 books

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Página 119 - Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with him ; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Página 106 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill, Smit with the love of sacred song...
Página 73 - And, if a non est inventus is returned upon all of them, then a writ of exigent or exigi facias may be sued out, which requires the sheriff to cause the defendant to be proclaimed, required, or exacted, in five county courts successively, to render himself; and if he does, then to take him as in a capias; but if he does not appear, and is returned quinto exactus, he shall then be outlawed by the coroners of the county.
Página 158 - He rules a moment: Chaos umpire sits, And by decision more embroils the fray By which he reigns : next him high arbiter Chance governs all.
Página 79 - To taste said ven'son hash'd at night, For well I knew that hopeful fry, My rising merit would descry, ;, The same litigious course pursue, And when to fish of prey they grew, By love of food and contest led, Would haunt the spot where once they fed.
Página 10 - Among the blest, the chosen few, (Blest if their happiness they knew), Who, for three hundred guineas paid To some great master of the trade, Have, at his rooms, by special favour, His leave to use their best endeavour, By drawing pleas from nine till four, To earn him twice three hundred more ; And after dinner may repair To 'foresaid rooms, and then and there Have 'foresaid leave from five till ten, To draw the aforesaid pleas again.
Página 89 - ... for which there is no other remedy but by personal action, or suit in equity, by arbitration, to agree that their submission of their suit to the award or umpirage of any person or persons should be made a rule of any of his Majesty's courts of record...
Página 3 - OF legal Fictions, Quirks, and Glosses, Attorneys' gains, and Clients' losses, Of Suits created, lost, and won, How to undo, and be undone ; Whether by COMMON LAW, or CIVIL, A man goes sooner to the Devil...
Página 49 - King's reign, (3d. c. 15.) it was enacted that all Pleas should be pleaded, &c. in the English tongue, but be entered and enrolled in Latin. The Latin which succeeded the French, and which was in truth a composition of French, English, and Latin, continued in use for 400 years, without interruption, till the Usurpation of Cromwell, when the Language of the Record was altered into English; but at the Restoration, the Latin language was again used, and continued till the year 1/30, when it was finally...
Página 30 - Each Plaintiff and Defendant's name, And eke the Judge who tries the same, The thing demanded, and the right whereby. You urge to have it granted instantly, He doth a libel right and well compose, Who forms the same, omitting none of those. Did not the Shrieval arm exempt His Brutumjulmen from contempt, And lend a Writ...

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