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Sheriff's Poundage, etc. Act 1586

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 2 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1586 c. 4
Anno *vicesimo nono Regin Elizabeth .

* Vicesimo octavo, Lutw. 203,1117.

An Act to prevent Extortion in Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, and Bailiffs of Franchises or Liberties, in Cases of Execution.

(29 Eliz. 1) C A P. IV.

B E it enacted by the Authorityof this present Parliament, That it shall not be lawful, from the first Day of Maynow next ensuing, to or for any Sheriff, Under-Sheriff; Bailiff of Franchises or Liberties, nor for any of their or either of their Officers, Ministers, Servants, Bailiffs or Deputies, nor for any of them, by Reason or Colourof their or either of their Office or Offices, to have, receive or take of any Person or Persons whatsoever, directly or indirectly, for the serving and executing of any Extent or Execution upon the Body, Lands, Goods or Chattelsof any Person or Persons whatsoever, more or other Consideration or Recompence, than in this present Act is and shall be limited and appointed, (2) which shall be lawful to be had, received and taken, that is to say, twelve Pence of and for every twenty Shillings, where the Sumexceedeth not one hundred Pounds, and six Pence of and for every twenty Shillings being over and above the said Sum of one hundred Pounds, that he or they shall so levy or extend, and deliver in Execution, or take the Body in Execution for, by Virtue and Force of any such Extent or Execution whatsoever, (3)upon Pain and Penalty that all and every Sheriff, Undersheriff, Bailiff of Franchises and Liberties, their and every of their Ministers, Servants, Officers, Bailiffs or Deputies, which at any Time after the said first Day ofMay now next ensuing shall directly or indirectly do the contrary, shall lose and forfeit to the Party grieved his treble Damages, (4)...

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