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2780 INDEX TO THE
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PROCESS, CIVIL.
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Any persons in the state may order out process in their own names,
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without any titling from an attorney, and the clerks of the general
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and county courts shall, on application to them, issue such writs,
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the parties demanding the same, (if non-residents of the state,)
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giving security for their fees — 1716, ch. 20, sec. 2, ...
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45
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Sheriff neglecting to make return of process liable to amerciament —
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1815, ch. 149, sec. 1, ........
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631
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May bo issued to another state against the administrator of a defen-
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dant dying — 1815, ch. 149, sec. 4, ......
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632
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From one county to another, to he addressed through the post-office to
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the clerk of another — 1817, ch, 139, sec. 1, ....
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670
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Duty of the clerk to take up the letters, to deliver the process to the
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sheriff, to transmit a certificate of receipt and delivery, which shall
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be evidence— 1817, ch. 139, sec. 2, ......
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670
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Sheriff to make return of process to the clerks of the court — 1817,
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ch. 139, sec. 7, ..........
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672
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PROMISSORY NOTES.
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For stealing and counterfeiting them — see Crimes and Punishments.
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Upon appeal, not to be reversed, though the endorsement may be in
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blank— 1825, ch. 35, .........
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821
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See Protest.
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PROTEST.
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See NOTARY PUBLIC — BILLS OF EXCHANGE.
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PRIVATE ROADS.
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See ROADS.
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PROSECUTION.
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No process for any criminal matter or other misdemeanor shall
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issue out of any court without a presentment first found by the
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grand jury, unless by a special order of the court — 1715, ch. 48,
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sec. 1, 2, ...........
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Clerks not to issue such process without an order from an attorney —
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1715, ch. 48, sec. 3, .........
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No attorney-general, or clerk of the peace or of indictments, shall ex-
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hibit any bill of indictment to a grand jury without an order from
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the court, or one of the justices, or unless the offender be bound
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over to such court, or presented by the grand jury of their own
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knowledge — 1722, ch. 5, ........
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No prosecution or suit shall be commenced for any fine, penalty or
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forfeiture, unless within one year from the time of the offence com-
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mitted—February, 1777, ch. 6, sec. 1, ......
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129
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No prosecution or suit shall be commenced for any forfeiture imposed
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by the act relating to officers' fees, unless within one year from the
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time of the offence committed — November, 1779, ch. 25, sec. 19,
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