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Stannaries Act 1855

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IXAs to Execution of Judgments and Decrees of the Court of the Vice-Warden. Where such Judgments cannot be conveniently enforced Superior Courts may issue Process for Recovery of Amounts due on the same.

In Actions commenced therein on the Common Law Side of the Court, where Judgment shall have been duly recovered in a Cause whereof the said Court has cognizance, but which cannot be conveniently or effectually enforced by the ordinary Process of that Court within the Jurisdiction thereof, it shall be lawful for any One of the Superior Courts of Common Law at Westminster, or for any Judge thereof, upon Application of the Party entitled to the Benefit of such Judgment, and Production of a Certificate from the. Registrar of the Court of the Vice-Warden under the Seal of the Court of the Judgment so recovered, and a satisfactory Affidavit of the Ground of the Application, to cause Process to issue and Proceedings to be taken for the Recovery of the Amount due on the Judgment, including the Costs of the Certificate and of the Application, in the same Manner as upon a like Judgment recovered in an Action commenced in the Superior Court; and it shall not be necessary for this Purpose, or for any other Purpose, that the Record of any Judgment in the Vice-Warden's Court shall be engrossed on Parchment of enrolled '; and where the Debt or Damages recovered by Judgment of the Court of the Vice-Warden, or sought to be recovered in Actions commenced either by Writ, Plaint, or other legal Procedure, according to the Practice of the said Court, shall not exceed Fifty Pounds, and the Judgment of the Court cannot be conveniently or effectually enforced within the Jurisdiction of the said Court, it shall be lawful for the Party entitled to the Benefit of "the Judgment to sue out a Writ of Execution, and to send the same to the Clerk of any County Court within the District of which the Judgment Debtor or his Goods and Chattels shall then be or be believed to be, with a Warrant thereto annexed, under the Hand of the Registrar and Seal of the Court of the Vice-Warden, requiring Execution of the same, and with the Fees lawfully payable in like Cases for Execution of such a Writ in the County Court; and thereupon the said Clerk shall cause the same to be executed by the High Bailiff of the County Court in due Course of Law, as if the same had been issued by the Court of which he is High Bailiff, and the said Bailiff shall have the same Powers and Protection as if he were executing the Process of such County Court, and shall make his Return to the Clerk of the said Court, and pay over to him the Amount levied, if any; and the Clerk shall forthwith certify the said Return, and remit the Amount so paid, less the Costs of making such Levy according to the Practice of the County Courts, to the Party prosecuting the Writ; and the Judge of the said County Court shall have and exercise the same Power and Authority over the Clerk and High Bailiff, and shall have Power to adjudicate upon Summons of Interpleader in case of adverse Claims to Goods taken in Execution, as if the Execution had been under the Warrant of his own Court.

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