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efficiretur_fw-la but_o the_o plaintiff_n shall_v from_o thence_o be_v reckon_v the_o true_a owner_n and_o possessor_n thereof_o si_fw-la autem_fw-la cum_fw-la corpus_fw-la non_fw-la inveniatur_fw-la nec_fw-la terras_fw-la habuerit_fw-la nec_fw-la catalla_n ille_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la iniquum_fw-la esset_fw-la si_fw-la justicia_fw-la remaneret_fw-la vel_fw-la malitia_fw-la esset_fw-la impunita_fw-la but_o if_o his_o body_n can_v be_v find_v and_o he_o have_v not_o any_o good_n or_o chattel_n it_o will_v be_v unjust_a that_o justice_n shall_v be_v at_o a_o stand_n and_o not_o go_v forward_o and_o that_o the_o evil_a action_n of_o man_n shall_v remain_v unpunished_a and_o therefore_o whether_o the_o action_n be_v pecuniaria_fw-la vel_fw-la injuriarum_fw-la be_v in_o debt_n or_o for_o money_n or_o trespass_n the_o court_n be_v to_o proceed_v against_o he_o by_o process_n of_o utlary_n propter_fw-la contumaciam_fw-la &_o inobedientiam_fw-la factam_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la quia_fw-la nullum_fw-la majus_fw-la crimen_fw-la quam_fw-la contemptus_fw-la &_o inobedientia_fw-la omnes_fw-la enim_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la sunt_fw-la obedientes_fw-la esse_fw-la debent_fw-la domino_fw-la regi_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la pacem_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la vocati_fw-la vel_fw-la summoniti_fw-la per_fw-la regem_fw-la venire_fw-la contempserint_fw-la faciunt_fw-la se_fw-la ipsos_fw-la exleges_fw-la for_o their_o contempt_n and_o disobedience_n to_o the_o king_n because_o there_o be_v no_o great_a crime_n than_o contempt_n and_o disobedience_n for_o all_o that_o be_v in_o his_o kingdom_n be_v to_o be_v obedient_a to_o the_o king_n and_o observe_v the_o peace_n and_o justice_n thereof_o and_o be_v call_v or_o summon_v by_o he_o shall_v contemn_v it_o or_o refuse_v a_o obedience_n thereunto_o do_v make_v themselves_o outlaw_n et_fw-la ideo_fw-la utlagari_fw-la deberent_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la vel_fw-la membrorum_fw-la truncationem_fw-la si_fw-la postea_fw-la redierent_fw-la vel_fw-la intercepti_fw-la fuerint_fw-la cum_fw-la causa_fw-la utlagationis_fw-la criminalis_fw-la non_fw-la existat_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la perpetuam_fw-la prisonam_fw-la vel_fw-la regni_fw-la abjurationem_fw-la &_o a_o communione_n omnium_fw-la aliorum_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la pacem_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la 7._o and_o therefore_o he_o ought_v to_o be_v outlaw_v but_o be_v not_o if_o he_o return_v or_o shall_v be_v take_v to_o be_v punish_v by_o death_n mutulation_n or_o cut_v off_o his_o member_n in_o regard_n that_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o utlarie_n be_v not_o criminal_a but_o he_o be_v to_o be_v commit_v to_o perpetual_a prison_n or_o to_o abjure_v the_o kingdom_n be_v banish_v and_o forbid_v the_o society_n of_o all_o the_o king_n subject_n and_o in_o those_o day_n where_o a_o man_n by_o lease_n have_v take_v a_o house_n render_v a_o certain_a rent_n 59_o quid_fw-la say_v bracton_n what_o shall_v be_v do_v 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proceed_n which_o may_v deserve_v a_o repeal_n by_o those_o or_o any_o other_o act_n of_o parliament_n chap._n 15._o that_o the_o nation_n have_v not_o be_v base_a or_o slavish_a ever_o since_o the_o make_n of_o the_o say_a act_n of_o parliament_n of_o 25_o e._n 3._o cap._n 17._o chap._n 16._o a_o examination_n of_o the_o opinion_n of_o sir_n edward_n coke_n in_o his_o report_n of_o sir_n william_n herbert_n case_n touch_v the_o process_n of_o arrest_n use_v in_o our_o law_n and_o the_o many_o error_n appear_v in_o that_o book_n or_o manuscript_n call_v the_o mirror_n of_o justice_n and_o the_o fictitious_a matter_n and_o relation_n mention_v therein_o chap._n 17._o that_o the_o late_a incessant_a needless_a complaint_n against_o our_o law_n and_o the_o proceed_n in_o our_o court_n of_o justice_n have_v in_o the_o bottom_n of_o it_o a_o design_n of_o overturning_a monarchy_n and_o government_n and_o to_o create_v office_n place_n employment_n and_o profit_n to_o the_o contriver_n thereof_o and_o their_o party_n chap._n 18._o that_o neither_o oliver_n cromwell_n or_o his_o son_n richard_n the_o second_o mock-protector_n or_o little_a highness_n do_v conceive_v it_o to_o be_v reasonable_a or_o have_v any_o intention_n to_o deliver_v up_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o nation_n to_o those_o ignorant_a giddy_a and_o ever-changing_a kind_n of_o reformation_n chap._n 19_o what_o occasion_v the_o contrivance_n of_o the_o former_a project_n and_o groundless_a complaint_n against_o our_o law_n since_o his_o majesty_n happy_a restauration_n chap._n 20._o that_o the_o proceed_n at_o the_o common_a law_n desire_v by_o the_o new_a way_n of_o a_o peremptory_a summons_n or_o the_o old_a by_o writ_n of_o summons_n pone_fw-la &_o distringas_fw-la or_o writ_n of_o capias_fw-la at_o the_o plaintiff_n pleasure_n be_v not_o consistent_a or_o agreeable_a one_o with_o the_o other_o and_o that_o law_n be_v to_o be_v bind_v be_v to_o be_v certain_a and_o positive_a not_o arbitrary_a 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