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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Before issuing
notice.

23. Before the issuing of any notice in an action
of replevin, the plaintiff or plaintiffs, or his, her, its
or their attorney shall deliver a memorandum in wri-
ting according to the following form or to the like ef-
fect :
"In the action of replevin brought by (here insert
the name or names of the plaintiff or plaintiffs)
against (here insert the name or names of the de-
fendant or defendants) A. B. (or A. B. and C. D. &c.)
defendant (or defendants) resides in (here insert the
county or city.)
Give him, her, it or them, notice of the Action.
Delivered the ——— day of —————— 18.
(Signed)
To E. S., Clerk, &c.
Such memorandum to be delivered to the Clerk of
the Court, and to be dated on the day of the delive-
ry thereof, and signed by the plaintiff or plaintiff's, or
his, her, its or their Attorney.

Court author-
ized to enter
up judgement.

24. And in case the defendant or defendants so
residing in a different jurisdiction shall be returned
"Notified," and shall not appear in person or by At-
torney on or before the fourth day of the term next
succeeding that to which such return shall be made,
the Court shall be authorized and required, on mo-
tion to enter up judgment for the plaintiff or plain-
tiffs for the property replevied and for damages in the
discretion of the Court, upon satisfactory proof of
any, and costs; which judgment shall be as valid and
effectual as any judgment rendered on the verdict of
a Jury.

Renewable.

25. And such notice to a defendant or defendants,
residing in a different jurisdiction, shall, upon a return
of "cannot be found," be renewable, in the same
manner as a writ of summons, against any defendant
not served therewith.

CHAPTER 1ST.

TITLE SECOND.

JOINDER OF PARTIES TO ACTIONS.

ARTICLE 1st.

JOINDER OF PLAINTIFFS.

Shall be law-
ful.

26. It shall and may be lawful for the court, at
any time before the trial of a cause, to order that any
person or persons, not joined as plaintiff or plaintiffs