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judgment rendered by any justice of the peace
of this state if the defendant in said judgment
shall, within two months after the rendition of
such judgment, produce before the justice who
rendered the same a supersedeas, which shall be
substantially in the following form : State of
Maryland (city or county), to wit : We ...... do
confess judgment to ...... for the sum of ...... and
costs, which were recovered by the said ......
against the said ...... on the ...... day of ...... be-
fore ....... a justice of the peace of the State of
Maryland for the county or city aforesaid ; the
said debt and costs to be levied of our goods and
chattels, lands or tenements for the use of the
said ......; in case the said ...... shall not pay and
satisfy to the said ...... the aforesaid judgment and
costs, with any additional costs thereon at the
expiration of six months from the date of said
judgment, the stay on any judgment rendered
by a justice of the peace to be six months from
the date of the judgment ; the said supersedeas
to be signed by the defendant or defendants
and one or more sureties, who shall make oath
before some justice of the peace that he or they
.are worth each double the amount of debt, inter-
est and costs over and above all debts and ex-
emptions, which supersedeas, when produced
before the justice who rendered the judgment,
and accepted by him as sufficient to answer the
debt, interest and costs, shall be entered upon
his docket as a judgment confessed by the super-
seder or superseders therein.
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Form of su-
persedeas.
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