3 & 4 W. 4, son making the same shall wilfully and corruptly give any

c. 42.

Power of granting commissions

davits to ex

land and

Ireland.

false evidence, every person so offending shall be deemed and taken to be guilty of perjury, and shall be prosecuted and punished accordingly.

XLII. And whereas it would be convenient if the power of the superior courts of common law and equity at Westto take affi- minster to grant commissions for taking affidavits to be used tend to Scot- in the said courts respectively should be extended; be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Lord High Chancellor, lord keeper, or lords commissioners of the great seal, the said courts of law, and the several judges of the same, shall have such and the same powers for granting commissions for taking and receiving affidavits in Scotland and Ireland, to be used and read in the said courts respectively, as they now have in all and every the shires and counties within the kingdom of England, and dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and the Isle of Man, by virtue of the statutes now in force; and that all and every person and persons wilfully swearing or affirming falsely in any affidavit to be made before any person or persons who shall be so empowered to take affidavits under the authority aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and shall incur and be liable to the same pains and penalties as if such person had wilfully sworn or affirmed falsely in the open court in which such affidavit shall be intitled, and be liable to be prosecuted for such perjury in any court of competent jurisdiction in that part of the United Kingdom in which such offence shall have been committed, or in that part of the United Kingdom in which such person shall be apprehended on such a charge.

For the abo

tain holi

days.

XLIII. And whereas the observance of holidays in the lition of cer- said courts of common law during term time, and in the offices belonging to the same, on the several days on which holidays are now kept, is very inconvenient, and tends to delay in the administration of justice; be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That none of the several days mentioned in the statute passed in the sessions of par5 & 6 Edw. liament holden in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of King Edward the Sixth, intituled "An Act for keeping holidays and fasting days," shall be observed or kept in

6, c. 3.

c. 42.

the said courts, or in the several offices belonging thereto, 3 & 4 W. 4, except Sundays, the day of the nativity of our Lord, and the three following days, and Monday and Tuesday in Easter week.

XLIV. And be it further enacted, That this statute shall Commencecommence and take effect on the first day of June, one thou- ment of act. sand eight hundred and thirty-three.

tend to Ireland or Scot

XLV. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Not to exact shall extend to that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, or that part of the United Kingdom called Scot- land. land, except in the cases herein-before specially mentioned.

INDEX.

A.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT,

in writing, equivalent to possession or receipt of rent, 9.
ACT FOR THE ABOLITION OF FINES AND RECOVERIES,
applies to lands to be sold where the purchase-money is subject.
to be invested in the purchase of lands to be entailed,
and where money is subject to be invested in like
manner, 77.

does not extend to Ireland, except where the same is expressly
mentioned, 88.

ACT FOR SHORTENING TIME OF PRESCRIPTION IN MODO
DECIMANDI,

not available, when, 35.

to what cases this act shall not extend, ib.

what time to be excluded in computing the periods of time therein

mentioned, ib.

pleading under, 36.

presumptions to be excluded, when, ib.

to extend only to England, ib.

ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO DOWER
not to take effect before the 1st of January, 1834, 105.

ACT FOR THE FURTHER AMENDMENT OF THE LAW,
extends to Great Britain and Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey, Al-
derney, and Sark, and the adjacent islands, 111.
takes effect from the 1st of June, 1833, 125.

ADMINISTRATOR,

to claim as if he took the estate immediately on the death of the
deceased, 7.

ADVOWSON,

not recoverable, but within three incumbencies, or sixty

years, 18.

incumbencies after lapse to be reckoned within the period, but
not incumbencies after presentation to bishoprics, 20.
person claiming in remainder, after an estate tail, to be barred,
when, 20.

no advowson to be recovered after a hundred years, ib.

AFFIDAVITS,

power of granting commissions to take affidavits to extend to
Scotland and Ireland, 124.

AMENDMENTS,

not material to the merits, may be made in the record, &c. by
any court of record holding plea in civil actions, or judge
at Nisi Prius, 116.

lawful for either party, on the ground of such amendment, to
apply for a new trial, 117.

court, instead of amending, may direct a jury to find according
to the evidence, and thereupon, &c. 118.

ANTIENT DEMESNE. See FINES AND RECOVERIES.

tenure will be restored, when, 43.

ARBITRATION.

ASSETS,

submission to an arbitrator not to be revocable without the

leave of the Court, 122.

attendance of witnesses may be compelled on an arbitration, 123.
arbitrators, under a rule of court, may administer on oath, ib.

freehold and copyhold estates, which a debtor shall die seised
of, or entitled to, shall be assets for the payment of his
simple contract as well as his specialty debts, 106.
but specialty creditors, in which the heirs are bound, shall be
paid in full, before creditors by simple contract, or by
specialty in which the heir is not bound, ib.

ASSURANCE,

interpretation of, in the act for amending the law of inheritance,

96.

B.

BANKRUPT,

tenant in tail being, how his estate is to be disposed of, 67.
where there is a base fee, and no protector, 68.