The Law of Replevins Author:Geoffrey Gilbert Subtitle: With a Great Number of New References to the Best Authorities. Now First Published, From the Original Manuscript, With a Compleat Index and Table of Contents General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1755 Original Publisher: printed for Oli. Nelson, and Sarah Cotter Subjects: Replevin Distress (Law) Notes:... more » This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Caufe of Complaint, and being in a new Court, it was all to be re- hearfed in order, that they might underftand it; and this the rather, becaufe being a fuperior Court, they were not bound by any Decifion made on the Proceedings below, and this could be no inconvenience in Replevin at Common Law, where the Plaintiff may bring his Replevin toties quoties; and where the Defendant removed it, and gave another Day, it was upon Caufe fliewn of inability or partiality, in the Courts below. But not only in Pone or Recor dart, is the Court to take no Notice of any Pleadings or Proceedings but what are rehearfed or recorded before them, but even in a Habeas Corpus which is a Writ of Liberty, there the Plaintiff muft likewife follow the Body of the Prifoner, and there declare againft him de novo ; for the Court cannot take Notice of theOf 'ilfc. PLfeVINS. your Pleadings rehearfed before inferior-Judges; 'for thofe Reqopds 4opt qorne up tefore, theni, hpt-by. TifVrit of falfe Judgtent, where thft Court is not of Record, or by Wrjt pf Error whrs U is) aixl refare they l? ay nptfc. iftg to ddi . with theif 'till there be Judgmsi . where they have the Body. . of. theJ Pefendant, . (; he Plaintiff may5 Praceed originally againft hial 90 W in jPr,' wfeew. v ihe haye the. orlA. may proceed ,, makes the Plaint of Record, the Statute of Marlbr. which givp...« less