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A.D. 1542-3]
THE STATUTES OF WALES
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to be sued, 3d. whereof the King's Majesty to have 2d. and the Justice sealing such Process to have 1d.

38. Item, That all Writs of Scire facias, and Writs of good Abearing, or for the Peace, or Writs of Supersedeas upon the same, and all other Process to be sued from the said Justices upon any Record or Suggestion admitted by any of the said Justices within the Limits of their Authorities, shall also be sealed with the said judicial Seal; and that the Parties pursuing the same, shall pay for the Seal of every such Writ or Process 7d. whereof the King's Highness shall have 6d. and the Justice by whom such Process shall be sealed 1d.

39. And that every Exemplification upon any Record before any of the said Justices, shall be sealed with the King's said judicial Seal; and the Parties pursuing the same shall pay for the Seal thereof 20d. whereof the King's Highness shall have 16d. and the Justices sealing the same 4d.

40. Item, That Recoveries and Fines of Record, and Warrants of Attorney for the same, shall and may be taken before every of the said Justices, of Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments within his Authority, by Force of his general Commission, without any Writ of Dedimus potestatem to be sued for the same, in like Manner and Form as is used to be taken before the King's Chief Justice of his Common Place in England.

41. Item, That all Fines hereafter to be levied before any of the said Justices, with Proclamation made the same Sessions that the said Fine shall be engrossed, and in two other great Sessions then next to be holden within the same County, shall be of the same Force and Strength to all Purposes, as Fines levied with Proclamations be of, that be levied before the Justices of the Common Place in England.

42. Item, That every Person suing Writs of Entry in the Post, or Writs of Covenant, or any other Writs, for any Recovery to be had by Assent of Parties, or otherwise, or for any Fine to be levied, shall pay such Fines to the King's Use for the same, as well Fines pro licentia coticordandi, as all other Manner of Fines, as is used in the King's Chancery, or elsewhere in any of the King's Courts of England, which Fines shall be paid to such Persons as shall seal the original Writs for that Purpose, and that they shall account for the same in like Form as they shall do for the Profits of the said original Seal, as is aforesaid.