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Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1839
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LIDistress not unlawful for Want of Form.
And be it enacted, that when any Distress shall be made for any Money to be levied by virtue of the Warrant of any of the said Magistrates, the Distress shall not be deemed unlawful, nor shall any Party making' the same be deemed a Trespasser, on account of any Defect or Want of Form in the Information, Summons, Warrant of Apprehension, Conviction, Warrant of Distress, or other Proceeding relating thereto, nor shall such Party be deemed a Trespasser from the Beginning on account of any Irregularity which shall be afterwards committed by him, but all Persons aggrieved by such Defect or Irregularity may recover full Satisfaction for the special Damage by an Action on the Case.
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