ISBN: 9781236466648

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: ...the plaintiff sued an attachment into attachment Kent, and another into London, and arrested the defendant upon 8houll ''r executed, each: upon this being shown to the Court, costs were ordered to though more be taxed by the Master, for the irregularity and vexation; but, in JauW? regard that the plaintiff was poor, the Court, upon his motion, ordered the costs to be paid the defendant, out of a sum of 600/. decreed to the plaintiff, and resting in Court; and the defendant was set at. liberty, without entering his appearance with the Registrar: for the Court said, none should take advantage of his own wrong.1 An attachment should be directed to the Sheriff or other officer To whom of the county or jurisdiction wherein the party, against whom the directed. _ writ is issued, is likely to be found.11 If the defendant resides in the county palatine of Lancaster or of Durham, the attachment must be directed to the Chancellor of the county palatine, or his deputy, commanding him to issue his mandamus to the sheriff of the county to attach the party; and, to enforce obedience, it is necessary to obtain an order upon the Chancellor to return the writ, and afterwards an order upon the sheriff to return the mandamus.4 Where the defendant is in a city or town that is a county in itself, the writ must be directed to the sheriff of the county of the city or town;6 and if the party is already in prison, the writ must, nevertheless, be directed to the sheriff: who will lodge it with the keeper or jailer, as a detainer against such party.4 According to the old practice of the Court, an attachment, as when returnwell as all other process of contempt, must have been made re-abletumable in Term time;7 and it was also requisite, where it was intended to... Edmund Robert Daniell, Books, Reference and Language, Pleading And Practice Of The High Court Of Chancery Volume 1 Books>Reference and Language <