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APPENDIX. 



nor to affect 

 the right to 

 any lauds, &c. 

 held by lot. 



Limitations of 

 actions. 



General issue. 



Treble costs. 



majesty's royal palaces, where his majesty, his heirs and 

 successors shall theu reside. 



11. Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall 

 extend, or be any ways construed, deemed or taken to extend, 

 or in any sort to affect or prejudice any estate or interest in, 

 out of, or to any manors, honours, royalties, lands, tenements, 

 advowsons, presentations, rents, services and hereditaments 

 whatsoever, which shall or may at any time or times hereafter 

 be according to the laws now in being legally allotted to, or 

 held by, or by means of any allotment or partition by lots (I) ; 

 but that all persons who now are, or that shall hereafter 

 become really and truly seised as part owners, joint tenants, 

 and tenants in common of any manors, honours, royalties, 

 lands, tenements, advowsons, presentations, rents, services, and 

 hereditaments shall, and he, she and they and his, her and 

 their heirs and assigns is and are hereby made and continued 

 capable to accept and take such estates and interest, and parts 

 therein, in such and the like manner, and to such and the 

 like uses, as he, she, or they might, would or could have done 

 by or by virtue or in consequence of any lot, scroll, chance or 

 allotment whatsoever had this present Act never been made, 

 anything herein contained to the contrary thereof notwith- 

 standing. 



12. If any suit or action shall be commenced or prosecuted 

 against any person or persons for anything done in pursuance 

 of this Act, every such suit or action shall be commenced within 

 three calendar months next after the fact was committed, and 

 not afterwards ; and shall be laid or brought in the county, city 

 or place where the cause of action shall arise and not else- 

 where ; and the defendant and defendants therein shall and may 

 plead the general issue, and give this Act and the special 

 matter in evidence at the trial to be had thereupon, and that 

 the same was done in pursuance of or by the authority of tliis 

 Act ; [and if the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall become nonsuited or 

 discontinue his, her or their action or actions, suit or suits, or 

 if upon demurrer judgment shall be given against the plaintiff 

 or plaintiffs, the defendant or defendants shall and may recover 

 treble costs, and have like remedy for the same as any defen- 

 dant or defendants hath or have for costs in any other cases by 

 law] {m). 



(?) See Ballot in Building Societies, 

 &c., ante, Part III., Chap. lY. 



()k) Repealed, 5 & 6 Vict. c. 97, 

 s. 2. 



