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36 E. 3, CAP. 15, PLEAS IN ENGLISH.
Courts whatsoever, before any
of his Justices whatsoever, or
in his other Places, or before
any of his other Ministers
whatsoever, or in the Courts
and Places of any other Lords
whatsoever within the Realm,
shall be pleaded, shewed, de-
fended, answered, debated, and
judged in the English Tongue,
178* and that they be entred
and inrolled in Latin; (5) and
that the Laws and Cus-
toms of the same Realm,
Terms, and Processes, be hold-
en and kept as they be and
have been before this time;
(6) and that by the ancient
Terms and Forms of Pleaders
DO man be prejudiced, so that
the Matter of the Action be
fully shewed in the Declara-
tion and in the Writ. (7) And
it is accorded by the Assent
aforesaid, that this Ordinance
and Statute of Pleading begin
and hold place at the Fifteenth
of St. Hillary next coming.
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en ses courtz queconqes devant
ses justices queconqes ou en
ses autres places ou devant
ses autres ministres queconqes
ou en les courtz & places des
autres seigneurs que.-onqes
deiuz Ie reaime soient pledez
monstretz defenduz responduz
debatuz & juggez en la lange
Engleise & qils soient entree:
<£- enroulles en Latin & qc les
leyes & costumes du dit reaime
termes & processes soient tenuz
& gardez come ils sent & out
este avant ees heures & qe les
auncieas termes & formes de
counter nul homme soit per-
dant issint qe la matire del ac-
tion soit pleiuement monstre
en la demonstrauce & en Ie
brief. Et est acorde de lassent
avantdit qe cestes ordeignan-
ces & estatutz de pleder comen-
ceeut & tiegnent lieu al quin-
zeine seint Hiller' prochein
avenir.
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Reasons why the Laws should be pleaded and known in the English
Tongue. Pleas shall be pleaded in the English Tongue, and not in the
French; and they shall be enrolled in Latin. Old Terms and Forms shall be
observed in Pleading. Cro. El. 85. 10 Co. 132. Co. Lit. 304.
See 4 Geo. 2, c. 26, and 6 Geo, 2, c. 14.
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