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THE STATUTES OF WALES
[A.D. 1542-3

of such of the said Justices from whom such Bill or judicial Process shall pass, in like Manner and Form as is used in the Common Place in England.

32. Item, That all Actions real and mixt, Attaints, Conspiracies, Assises and Quare impedit. Appeals of Murder and Felony, and all Actions grounded upon any Statutes, shall be sued by original Writs, to be obtained and sealed with the said original Seal, returnable before the said Justices at their Sessions, within the Limits of their Authorities, in Manner and Form as is afore mentioned.

33. Item, That all manner of personal Actions, as Debt, Detinue, Trespass, Accompt and such like, amounting to the sum of 40/- or above, shall be sued by Writs original, to be obtained and sealed as is aforesaid, or by Bills, at the Pleasure of the Party suing the same, before the said Justices within the Limits of their Authorities, as is used in North Wales.

34. And that all personal Actions under the Sum of 40/- that is to say. Debt, Trespass, Detinue, Accompt and such like, shall and may be sued before any of the said Justices in the said Sessions, by Bill, as it is used in North Wales.

35. And that every original Bill concerning Actions personal, shall be sealed with the King's judicial Seal, being in the Custody of the said Justice before whom such personal Actions by Bill shall be brought and commenced.

36. And that such Fees shall be paid for the writing and sealing of such original Writs and Bills as hereafter shall be expressed, that is to say, For the sealing of every original Writ to be sued in and upon the Causes aforesaid, and for every Bill to be pursued in Actions personal, whereof the Debt and Damage amounteth to the Sum of 40/- or above, the Parties pursuing the same shall pay for the Seal of every such Writ or Bill, 6d. And for every judicial Process to be sued upon any such original Writ or Bill, the Parties pursuing such judicial Process shall pay for the sealing thereof 7d. whereof the King's Majesty shall have 6d. and the Justice sealing such judicial Process shall have 1d.

37. Item, That every Bill in personal Action, whereof the Debt, Duty or Damage amounteth not to 40/- and all manner judicial Process to be sued upon the same, shall also be sealed with the King's said judicial Seal; and the Parties pursuing the same shall pay for the Seal of every such Bill and judicial Process thereupon