Declaration in Trespass.

In the Queen's Bench.

On the

day of

in the year of our Lord 18

London to wit.

A. B. by X. Y. his attorney, complains of C. D who has been summoned to answer the said A. B. in an action of trespass. For that the said C. D. heretofore to wit on, &c. with force and arms, &c. made an assault on the said A. B. and beat, bruised, wounded, and ill-treated him, insomuch that his life was thereby greatly despaired of, and other wrongs, to the said A. B. he the said C. D. then did against the peace of our Lady the Queen, and to the damage of the said A. B. of fifty pounds, and therefore he brings suit, &c.

C. D. ats.

in the year of our Lord 18

And the said C. D. by O. P. his attorney, A. B. says that he is not guilty of the said supposed trespasses above laid to his charge, or any, or either of them, in manner and form as the said A. B. hath above thereof complained, against him the said C. D., and of this he puts himself upon the country, &c.

Declaration in Debt on Bond.

In the Queen's Bench.

The

day of

London

to Wit.

in the

in the year of our Lord 18

A. B. by X. Y. his attorney, complains of C. D. who has been summoned to answer the said A. B. in an action of debt, and he demands of him the sum of 10007., which he owes to and unjustly detains from him. For that whereas the said C. D. heretofore, to wit, on the day of year of our Lord by his certain writing obligatory, sealed with his seal, and now shewn to the Court of our said Lady the Queen, before the Queen herself here, the date whereof is the day and year aforesaid, acknowledged himself to be held and firmly bound unto the said A. B. in the said sum of l., above demanded, to be paid to the said A. B. Yet the said C. D. (although often requested so to do), hath not as yet paid the said sum of 1000l. above demanded, or any part thereof, to the said A. B. but hath hitherto wholly neglected and refused, and still neglects and refuses so to do. To the damage of the said A. B. of ten pounds, and therefore he brings his suit, &c.

Pleas Non est Factum and Duress.

In the Queen's Bench.

The

day of

C. D. ats.

A. B.

says

in the year of our Lord 18

And the said C. D. by O. P. his attorney, that the said supposed writing obligatory, in the said declaration mentioned, is not his deed, and of this he puts himself upon the county, &c. And for a

further plea in this behalf, the said C. D. says that he the said C. D. at the time of making the said writing in the said declaration mentioned, to wit, on the said

in the said year of our Lord

day of

was unlawfully imprisoned by the said A. B., and then and there detained in prison until by the force and duress of imprisonment of him, the said C. D., he made the said writing, and delivered the same to the said A. B. as his deeed, and this he, the said C. D. is ready to verify, &c.

A. B. v. 1

C. D.

in the year of our Lord 18

The said plaintiff saith that the declaration is sufficient at law.

No. 6.

ISSUE.

Form of an Issue in the Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, or Exchequer.

In the Queen's Bench, or

In the Common Pleas, or

In the Exchequer.

The [date of declaration] day of

year of our Lord 18

in the

in the

VENUE.-A. B. by E. F., his attorney, [or in his own proper person, or by E. F., who is admitted by the Court here to prosecute for the said A. B., who is an infant within the age of twenty-one years, as the next friend of the said A. B., as the case may be,] complains of C. D., who has been summoned to answer the said A. B. by virtue of a writ issued on [date of first writ,] the day of year of our Lord 18 out of the Court of our Lady the Queen, before the Queen herself at Westminster, [or out of the Court of our Lady the Queen, before her justices at Westminster, or out of the Court of our Lady the Queen, before the barons of her Exchequer at Westminster, as the case may be.] For that [copy the declaration from these words to the end, and the plea and subsequent pleadings to the joinder of issue.]

day of

Thereupon the sheriff is commanded that he cause to come here, on the twelve, &c. by whom &c. and who neither &c. to recognize &c. because as well &c.

No. 7.

JURY PROCESS.

Venire Facias Juratores, in Q. B.

Victoria, by the grace of God of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, defender of the faith. To the sheriff [or "coroner"] of [or "to and elisors duly appointed in this behalf,"] greeting: We command you, that you cause to come before us at Westminster forthwith [or "on "making the writ returnable on a particular day before the trial;] twelve good and lawful men of the body of your county, qualified according to law, by whom the truth of the matter may be the better known, and who are in no-wise of kin either to A. B. the plaintiff, or to C. D. the defendant, to make a certain jury of the country between the parties aforesaid, in an action on promises, [or "of debt" &c. as the action may be,] because as well the said C. D. as the said A. B., between whom the matter in variance is, have put themselves upon that jury; and have there then the names of the jurors, and this writ. Witness (name of chief justice,) at Westminster, the

of

in the

year of our reign.

day

Distringas Juratores, in Q. B.

Victoria, &c., To the sheriff of

T. P, of

greeting: We com

mand you, that you distrain the several persons named in the panel hereunto annexed, [or, if it be a special jury, “ that you distrain S. P. of ," &c. naming them as in the master's list] jurors summoned in our court before us, between A. B. plaintiff and C. D. defendant, by all their chattels in your bailiwick, so that neither they, nor any one of them, do lay hands on the same, until you shall have another command from us in that behalf; and that you answer to us for the issues of the same, so that you