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whatsoever_o shall_v or_o may_v if_o they_o shall_v so_o see_v meet_a commence_v or_o remove_v any_o action_n or_o suit_n the_o debt_n or_o damage_n lay_v in_o such_o action_n or_o suit_n be_v upward_o of_o twenty_o pound_n and_o not_o otherwise_o or_o shall_v or_o may_v by_o warrant_n write_v of_o error_n or_o certiorari_fw-la remove_v out_o of_o any_o of_o the_o respective_a court_n of_o mayor_n and_o alderman_n session_n and_o common_a plea_n any_o judgement_n information_n or_o indictment_n there_o have_v or_o depend_v and_o may_v correct_v error_n in_o judgement_n or_o reverse_v the_o same_o it_o there_o be_v just_a cause_n provide_v always_o that_o the_o judgement_n remove_v shall_v be_v upward_o of_o the_o value_n of_o twenty_o pound_n always_o provide_v and_o be_v further_o enact_v by_o the_o authority_n aforesaid_a that_o this_o supreme_a court_n shall_v be_v due_o and_o constant_o keep_v once_o every_o fix_v month_n and_o no_o often_o that_o be_v to_o say_v on_o the_o first_o 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