Municipal Corporations (Mandamus) Act 1772
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1772 c. 21 |
(12 Geo. 3) C A P. XXI.
'WHEREAS divers Persons, who have a Right to be admitted Citizens, Burgesses, or Freemen, of divers Cities, Towns Corporate, Boroughs, Cinque Ports, and Places, within that Part ofGreat Britain called England and Wales , being refused to be admitted thereto, have, in many Cases, no other ordinary Remedy to procure themselves to be admitted to the Franchises of being Citizens, Burgesses, or Freemen, than by Writs of Mandamus , the Proceedings on which are very dilatory and expensive; and, although any such Writ of Mandamus is obeyed, the Person applying is nevertheless put to great and unnecessary Trouble, Delay, and Expence: And whereas by the Laws now in being, in many Cases, no Provision is made for giving Costs to the Party suing out any such Writ where the the same is obeyed; for Remedy whereof,' be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the First Day of August , One thousand seven hundred and seventy-two, where any Personshall be intitled to be admitted a Citizen, Burgess, or Freeman, of any such City, Town Corporate, Borough, Cinque Port, or Place, and shall apply to the Mayor, or other Person, Officer or Officers, in such City Town Corporate, Borough Cinque Port, or Place, who hath or have Authority to admit Citizens, Burgesses, and Freemen therein, to be admitted a Citizen, Burgess, or Freeman thereof; and shall give Notice, specifying the Nature of his Claim, to such Mayor, or other Officer or Officers, that if he or they shall not so admit such Person a Citizen, Burgess, or Freeman, with One Month from the Time of such Notice, the Court ofKing's Bench will be applied to for a Writ of Mandamus , to compel such Admission; and if such Mayor, or other Officer or Officers, shall, after such Notice, refuse or neglect to admit such Person, and a Writ of Mandamus shall afterwards issue to compel such Mayor, or other Officer or Officers, to make such Admission, and, in Obedience to such Writ, such Persons shall be admitted by the said Mayor, or other Officer or Officers, a Citizen, Burgers, or Freeman of such City, Town Corporate, Borough, Cinque Port, or...
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