ORDINANCES MADE BY THE LORD CHANCELLOR 



BACON, FOR THE BETTER AND MORE 

 REGULAR ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN THE 



CHANCERY, TO BE DAILY OBSERVED, 

 SAVING THE PREROGATIVE OF THE COURT. 



No decree shall be reversed, altered, or explained, 

 being once under the great seal, but upon bill of re 

 view : and no bill of review shall be admitted, except 

 it contain either error in law, appearing in the body 

 of the decree, without farther examination of matters 

 in fact, or some new matter which hath risen in time 

 after the decree, and not any new proof which might 

 have been used when the decree was made : never 

 theless upon new proof, that is come to light after 

 the decree made, and could not possibly have been 

 used at the time when the decree passed, a bill of 

 review may be grounded by the special license of 

 the court, and not otherwise. 



2. In case of miscasting, being a matter demon 

 strative, a decree may be explained, and reconciled 

 by an order without a bill of review; not understand 

 ing, by miscasting, any pretended misrating or mis- 

 valuing, but only error in the auditing or numbering. 



3. No bill of review shall be admitted, or any 

 other new bill, to change matter decreed, except the 

 decree be first obeyed and performed : as, if it be for 



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