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judgment of nonpros, is entered, the record of such judgment
shall be a bar to any action founded upon the same cause of
action in that or any court, the limit of whose jurisdiction shall
be greater than the amount of such verdict; but the amount of
such verdict, less such costs as may be adjudged against the
plaintiff, shall be a debt from the defendant to the plaintiff,
recoverable in any court that may have jurisdiction to that
amount, or before a justice of the peace, as the case may be ;
and a short copy of the verdict and judgment, with the legally
taxed bill of costs shall be conclusive evidence of the balance
so recoverable.
Williams v. Fredlock Mfg. Co., 94 Md. 111.

1888, art. 26, sec. 18. 1864, ch. 311.

18. All judgments confessed on terms to be filed, and all
judgments confessed without fixing the amount of the same,
and where no cause of action is filed by which said amount
may be ascertained, shall be considered interlocutory judg-
ments, and the court shall on motion of the plaintiff or his
attorney at any term subsequent to the entry of any such con-
fession or judgment, order an inquisition or cause the judgment
to be extended as in other cases of interlocutory judgments, or
as upon a judgment by default.
Stansbury v. Keady, 29 Md. 367.

Ibid. sec. 19. 1861, ch. 70. 1890, ch. 314.

19. Every judgment rendered by any of the courts of law of
this State shall be and constitute a lien to the amount and from
the date thereof upon all leasehold interest and terms for years
of the defendants in land, except leases from year to year and
leases for terms of not more than five years and not renewable,
to the same extent and effect as liens are created by judgment
upon real estate, and a certified copy of the docket entries
from the clerk of the court where any judgment is obtained, or
judgment of any justice of the peace originally recorded, when
recorded upon the judgment record of any other court in the
counties of this State or the city of Baltimore, shall be and
constitute a lien, from the date of its being so recorded, upon
the property of the defendant in said county or city of Balti-
more, to the same extent as in the county or city where the
said judgment was originally obtained or justice's judgment
originally recorded.

Miller v. Allison, 8 G. & J. 35. Davidson v. Myers, 24 Md. 538. Stockett
v. Howard, 34 Md. 121 Ahern v. White, 39 Md. 409. Hartsock v. Russell,
52 Md. 619. Bish v. Williar's Ex'ra, 59 Md. 382. Deakins v. Rex, 60 Md.
596. Shryock v. Morris, 75 Md. 79. Wright v. Ryland, 92 Md. 661.