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THE STATUTES OF WALES
[A.D. 1284

thereof for Failure of Justice, &c. Dated &c.; or thus, That he render to him a Sack of Wool, of the Value of Ten Marks, which he unjustly withholdeth; or Chattels to the Value of Ten marks, which he unjustly withholdeth from him, as he saith, as he may reasonably prove; So that, &c. Dated &c. And a Pone shall be thereupon made if demanded, in this Form: The King to the Sheriff, Greeting.

Put, at the request of the Plaintiff before our Justice, &c., at such a day, the Plaint that is in your County Court by our Writ, between A. and B. of a Debt of One hundred Shillings, which the same A. demandeth of the aforesaid B. and summon by good summoners the aforesaid B. that he be then there to answer thereof to the aforesaid A. and have there the summoners and this Writ; and the other Writ. Dated &c.

The Writ of Covenant.

The King to the Sheriff, Greeting. Command A. that justly and without delay he keep with B. the Covenant made between them of one messuage, ten acres of land and five acres of woodland, with the appurtenances in N. And unless he shall do so &c., then summon the aforesaid A. that he be, &c. to shew, &c. Dated &c.

And let Writs of Covenant be made according to the complaints of the contracting parties and the diversities of the cases, whether before the Justice, or in the County Court, at the will of the plaintiffs. And if they choose to plead in the County Court let them have the Writ called Justicies, and thereof a Pone shall be made if it be demanded.

The Form of the Writ of Attorney.

The King to the Sheriff, Greeting. Know ye that A. hath before us made his attornies B. and C. to win or lose in the plaint that is before you by our Writ between the said A. demandant, and D., tenant of one messuage, with the appurtenances in N. And therefore we command you that you do for this purpose receive the aforesaid B. and C. or either of them if both cannot be present, in the place of him the said A. Dated &c.

And in the same manner shall Writs of Attorneys be made in other cases, according to the diversities of the cases and the forms of the Writs.