was If Tenant in Tail of the Mannor of D. be bound in a Recognizance to J. S. which Recognizance after comes to the King by the Attaindâ— of J. S. of High-Treason and after Tenant in Tail dies and the Issue in Tail alien the Lands bona fide whether the King may extend the Lands in the Hands of the Alience It was resolved That if Tenant in Tail become indebted to the King by Judgment Recognizance Obligation or other Specialty and dies before any Process or Extent and the Issue in Tail alien the Land bona fide this Land shall not be extended by force of this Statute And also that in this Case in as much as the Debt was originally due to a Subject it is not within the Act to charge the Lands in the possession or seisin of the Heir in Tail or of his Alience for this Act extends only to Debts immediately due to the King originally and not to those which accrew to him by way of Assignment Outlawry Attainder Forfeiture Gift of the Party or any other collateral way 7 Rep. 21. Lord Andersons Case The Statute of 7 Jac. makes Assignments of Debts void other than such as grow originally to the Kings Debtor bona fide it restrains Assignments of Debts which are not due to the Debtors themselves but assigned to or by them to other Persons The purport of this Law was That no Debtor of the Kings should procure another Mans Debt to be assigned which was a common practice but a Man may assign his own Debt tho not to his own Use for what he may himself release and discharge by the same Reason he may assign as B. was bound to C. in a Stat. of 2000 l. C. dies Intestate his Wife administers and marries F. F. with others became bound to the King in 6000 l. F. and his Wife by Deed enrolled in Cur. Ward assign the Statute to the King by payment of the 6000 l. the Assignment was good Hob. p. 253. Brediman and Coles Cro. Hill 16 Jac. p. 524. id Case A Duty which is not naturally a Debt but by circumstance only as Debt upon Bond for performance of Covenants or to save harmless may be assigned over to the King for Debt yet a present Extent shall not issue but a Scire Fac. 2 Leon. p. 55. Beaumounts Case Debt against one as Executor and upon fully administred pleaded it was found pro Quer. who assigned the same to the King 2 Leon. p. 67. Noons Case M. indebted to S. by a Note in writing per me but not sealed such a Debt may be assigned to the Queen 3 Leon. 234. March An Obligation may be assigned to the King sans Deed enrolled 3 Leon. p. 234. South and Marsh 21 H. 7.19 Where the King sues for a Debt assigned to him the Obligor cannot plead nil debet for by the Assignment it s become matter of Record ibid. An Obligation forfeited to the King by the Statute 28 Eliz. c. 8.1 Q. if the King may grant before Seisure 2. There are two Obligees and one forfeits Q. if the King shall have all the Bond 1 Rolls Rep. p. 7 12. Jac. B. R. Cullan and Bets. In Assignment of a Bond to the King the â—ead shall only be liable from the time of the Assignment but in Assignment of a Recognizance or Statute the King shall have the Land at the time of the Judgment rendred Lit. Rep. p. 125. Roy versus Hanton By the grant of bona catalla an Obligation passeth i. e. Paper and Wax yet the Grantee may not have Action upon this for that is not transferable Lit. Rep. 87. Dyer 25 H. 8.5 If a Debt be assigned to the King in this Case no priority of Execution 1 Brownl 37. A Condition to save harmless for assigning a Bond vide the Form Bridgmans Presidens Clark was indebted to A. by Bond and after delivers to Andrews certain Hogsheads of Wine to satisfie the said Debt and afterward Clarks Obligation is assigned to the Queen for A's Debt Per Cur. the property of the Goods by the delivery of them to Andrews before the Assignment was altered 2 Leon. 89. Bridget Clarks Case A. was indebted to B. who was indebted to the Queen B. assigned his Debt to the Queen by all the Barons Process shall be awarded out of the Exchequer to enquire what Goods A. had at the time of the Assignment and not what he had tempore scripti praedict fact 3 Leon. 196. Obligation Of Creditors in respect of Statute of Bankrupts and Assignments OSborn and Bradshaw were Sureties pro Churchman and had Counterbonds to save harmless the Sureties paid the Mony and afterwards Churchman became a Bankrupt Resolved that they were Creditors within the Statute 13 Eliz. Cro. Jac. 127. Osburn versus Churchman If an Obligation be taken in the Name of another to the use of a Bankrupt the Commissioners may well assign that unless the other party hath of his own Mony satisfied Debts due by the Bankrupt Noy p. 142. Caâ—â—hman's Case Debt sur Obligation assigned by Commissioners of Bankrupts and doth not shew the Obligation he need not because he comes in by act of Law and hath no means to obtain the Obligation As Tenant per Statute Merchant or Dower shall have advantage of a Rent Charge sans shewing the Deed. Cro. Jac. p. â—9 Gray and Fâ—â—lder R. is indebted to S. and B. joyntly S. becomes a Bankrupt and the Commissioners assign the Obligation to B. Q. 1 Keb. p. 167. Roylston and Ratcliff If I am bound to J. S. and he before Bankrupcy assigns the Bond this is liable to the after Bankrupcy of J. S. being only suable in his Name 2 Keb. 331. Backwell versus Litcott In Debt sur Bond the Defendant pleads before Action brought the Plaintiff became a Banrupt Per Cur. it 's an ill Plea and until an Assignment made the Debtor is defenceless and payment before Commission sued out is good enough and so it is before his Debt be assigned 3 Keb. 316. Andrews and Spicer In Debt sur Obligat the Defendant pleads that it was in trust for Holt who was a Bankrupt virtute Commission ' c. this Debt was assigned to Ashly and Penning aliis Creditoribus The Plaintiff replies It was not assigned The Defendant demurs specially for doubleness The Court conceived the Bankrupcy traversable as well as the Assignment yet the Issue is well enough 3 Keb. 737. Jones and Bolton Condition to give account to the Creditors c. 1 Keb. 815 843. Selby versus Walker The Disposition by Commissioners of Bankrupts saves the forfeiture of the Obligation 2 Keb. 202. in Robin's Case I shall here subjoyn some things respecting Matters of Tort as Forgery Detinue c. of Obligations Forgery IF a Man forge a Bond in my Name I can have no Action of the Case yet but if I am sued I may tho' I may avoid it by Plea But if it were a Recognizance or Fine I shall
do not restrain the Condition to the last part only to wit of the two Obligations but do extend to the Recognizance per the first words The Condition of this Obligation is such and per the word also in the last Clause 1 Rolls Abr. 409. Ingoldsby and Steward For the Matter and Substance of the Condition What Conditions are good and what not A Condition to do any lawful or possible thing is good as to make a Release perform Covenants not to play at Cards and Dice not to be Surety c. But when the matter or thing to be done by the Condition is unlawful or impossible or the Condition it self is repugnant insensible or uncertain the Condition is void and in some Cases the Obligation also Conditions against Law are void Against the Law of God of Nature to do a thing that is malum in â—se as to kill a Man or do any other Felony c. in such Cases the Condition and Obligation are both void Co. Lit. 206. Conditions against Common Law Statute Law Note This difference between a Bond made void by Common Law and a Bond made void by Statute Law If a Bond be made void by Statute Law it s void in the whole as upon the Statute 23 H. 6. If a Sheriff take a Bond for a thing against that Law and also for a due Debt the whole Bond is void for the Letter of the Statute is so 2 Rolls Rep. 116. But the Common Law doth divide and having made void that that is against Law le ts the rest stand Carters Rep. fol. 230. in Pearson and Humes Case A Bond to perform Covenants one is void and the other good the Bond is good for those that are agreeable to Law as in Sir Daniel Nortons Case Hob. p. 14. Cro. Eliz. p. 529. 2 Anderson 116. Lee and Coleshill 3 Rep. 82 83. Lee and Coleshill cited in Twines Case If the Condition be to do a thing contrary to Law the Obligation is void 2 H. 4.9 Co. Lit. 206. b. But here is another Diversity A Condition to a do a thing against the Law of God of Nature a malum in se or against Law and Justice in such Cases the Obligation and Condition are both void as for unlawful Maintenance for a Sheriff not to execute Process and the like But when the thing to be done or not to be done by the Condition is not malum in se but against some Ground of the Law as that a Man shall make a Feoffment to his Wife or is but malum prohibitum only as that a Man shall erect a College contrary to the Statute of 31 Eliz. or a Man is bound to alien certain Lands to a Religious House or repugnant to the Estate as Feoffee of Land shall not alien or take the Profits or that Tenant in Tail shall not suffer a Recovery c. In these Cases the Conditions are only void and the Obligations remain single and yet Equity will relieve against them yet if a Feoffment be made of Land on Condition to kill J. S. the Condition is void but the Feoffment is good for the state of the Land is setled and executed in the Feoffee and cannot be taken back but by the performance of the Condition which is void If a Man make a Feoffment in Fee on Condition that he shall not alien this Condition is repugnant and against Law and the state of the Feoffee absolute but if the Feoffee be bound in a Bond that the Feoffee or his Heirs shall not alien or take the profits this is good for he may notwithstanding alien or take the profits if he will forfeit his Bond Co. Lit. fol. 206. a. b. A Man is bound to do a thing unlawful at present which in time may be made lawful as a Feoffment of a Strangers Lands or of the Lands of an Alien c. in these Cases he is bound to do it and at his peril he must obtain Power to do them Lit. Rep. 86. Condition was That if the Defendant shall procure one J. S. to make reasonable Recompence to the Plaintiff for certain Beasts which he wrongfully took from the Plaintiff that then c. the Defendant saith de facto J. S. had stollen the Beasts and was indicted and so the Condition being against Law the Obligation was void Per Cur. where the Condition shall be said against Law and therefore the Obligation void the same ought to be intended where the Condition is expresly against the Law in express words and not for Matter out of the Condition as it is here Judgment pro quer 1 Leon. Case 99. Brook and King Conditions against Common Law Besides what hath been said before in general take some few Cases of Conditions against Common Law Maintenance A Condition to maintain any Suit unlawfully though no Act be done for if it be unlawful to be done the Bond is void The Condition is If J. S. the principal and J. H. and J. M. do pay c. all such Sums which are due and shall be due in such Suits The Under-Sheriff makes a Bond to the High-Sheriff that he shall not return Venire Fac. not intermeddle with Executions until he be acquainted it is naught and against Law 1 Brownl Rep. 64 65. Hobart p. 14. Norton and Sims That the Under-Sheriff shall not execute any Process of Execution without special Warrant and Assent of the Sheriff the Bond is void 2 Brownl Rep. p. 280 Chamberlain and Goldsmith 1 Rolls Abridg. p. 417. Norton and Sims A Bond to save J.S. harmless from such aâ— Appeal of Robbery as B. had against him is void 18 E. 4.28 A Condition to renounce an Administration is good 25 E. 4.30 A Condition that he should not molest or hurt the Obligee in his Lands or Goods ratione alicuâ— rei cujuscunque it shall be intended he shall not hurt tortiously but not to restrain him from prosecuting the Obligee for Felony or other just cause and so not against Law Crook Eliz. fo 705. Dolson and Crew Conditions against Statute-Law Against the Stat. 32 H. 8. Of Leuses made is Aliens DEbt upon Bond to perform Covenants in an Indenture which was to pay Rent The Defendant pleads Stat. 32 H. 8. which maltes Leases to Alien Artificers void and saith that the Defendant was an Alien born at Paris and avâ—s the three points of the Statute 1. That the House was a Mansion House at the time 2. That â—e viz. the Defendant was an Alien 3. That â—e was an Artificer The Plaintiff replies the Defendant was an Alien Artificer demurr Per Cur. the Replication not double but because he â—ad not said the place where he was born in Enâ—land it was ill Siderfin p. 357. Freeman and King The Form of the Plea Vid. 1 Saunders 5. Jevens â—nd Harwich Vid. Keble Against Stat. 5 6 E. 6. c. 16. Of buying of Offices THE Office of Armourer is within that Statute Stiles Rep. f. 29. Hill and Farmer The
THE LAW OF Obligations and Conditions OR An Accurate TREATISE wherein is contained the whole Learning of the LAW concerning Bills Bonds Conditions Statutes Recognizâ—nces and Defeasances as also Declarations on Special Conditions and the Pleadings thereon Issues Judgments and Executions with many other useful Matters relating thereunto digested under their proper Titles To which is added A TABLE of References to all the Declarations and Pleadings upon Bonds c. now extant ALSO Another TABLE to the Forms of special Conditions which lie scattered in our President BOOKS Being a Work necessary for all that Study the Law or follow the Practick Part thereof With an INDEX of the Principal Matters therein contained By T. A. of Grays-Inn Esq LONDON Printed for I. Walthoe at his Shop in Vine-Court Middle-Temple 1693. TO THE STUDETNS OF THE Common Law GENTLEMEN I Have often admired as well at the Confidence as the scribling Fatigues of any particular Persons who pretend to write Abridgments of the whole Common Law of England Non est res unius aetatis such Persons by an impertinent Citation of a Multitude of Cases not duly examined either raise a Confusion in the Minds of Students or else soften them into a careless Humour it being more easie to turn to Hughes or Shepherd than to search into the true Reasons of the Judgment in Cases maturely reported besides these Persons are seldom curious about Declarations and Pleadings their essential Forms and apt Notions which is the very Soul of the Law that plastica vis without which all their Volumes are void of Life and regular Motion a meer rudis indigestaque moles Some indeed have merited well by their particular Treatises and for that they have kept themselves to one Subject have proved very useful This particular Title which I here present to you hath not been hitherto fully and designedly handled and yet there is no Title more frequent in our Books than that of Obligations and Conditions The Method I have used is as exact as a Treatise of this Nature is capable of yet in this I have not been over-curious and systematical I have not treated at large on Arbitration Bonds the Learning of Arbitraments being a large Title of it self and Mr. March hath been very exact therein and for the same Reason I have been very sparing about Bonds sued by or against Executors or Administrators that being a peculiar Learning of it self though hitherto I confess but lamely handled I have added a Reference-Table of Declarations and Pleadings both Ancient and Modern a thing useful for entring Clarks who may at any time compare their own Manuscripts with these I have also added a Table of special Conditions such as are extant though that must generally be left to the Students own Improvement as the nature of the Case will be and it s very easie to change any Covenant into a Condition Some Cases I have cited more largely for the benefit of such who may not have the Books at hand but especially where the Reasons of the Resolutions are Learned and Curious and I have corrected some Cases which have been mistaken in some Reports as Croke Eliz. and others I have ventured to insert many of the Cases reported by Mr. Keble though in some of them I confess I am a little confounded but they are set down in his own Words Gent. If this Piece prove useful to you either in it self or in instructing you in the Method of your Studies as to other Titles of Law I have my Design And if you please to pardon my Mistakes it will lay a farther Obligation on your Humble Servant J. A. The Names of the Books made use of in the Table of Pleadings A Stons Book of Entries in Quarto Printed 1673 Brownlows Declarations and Pleadings in English 2 parts 4to 1653 Brownlows Declarations and Pleadings in Latin fol. 1693 Browns Entries in 2 parts fol. 1675 Modus Intrandi 8 vo 1687 Cokes Entries fol. 1671 Clarks Manual 8 vo 1678 Hernes Pleader Eng. fol. 1685 The Book of Entries fol. 1685 Robinsons Entries fol. 1685 Rastals Entries fol. 1670 Placita Generalia Specialia 8 vo 1674 Tompsons Entries fol. 1674 Vidians Entries fol. 1684 Winches Entries fol. 1680 THE INDEX A. PLEAS in Abatement and where the Court shall abate the Writ 34 35 36 37 359 360 361 362 365 366 402 Acquittance pleaded to a single Bill 31 Acquittance pleaded in discharge of Covenants for Reparations 198 Acceptance Concord pleaded in Bar 406 Condition to accept a Lease 232 Condition to give an Account 237 Of Acts to be performed by a Stranger 188 Action on Bonds 353 By a Corporation 355 By joint Obligee 356 By Baron and Feme 357 By Alien ibid. By Executors and Administrators 358 Action brought on Bond against Administrators and Executors 358 Against Baron and Feme 363 Against Body Politick 364 Against Joynt Obligors ibid. Against a Servant or Receiver 367 Action brought before Cause of Action ibid. Who to do the first Act 352 Conditions on special Agreements Contracts c. 134 Bonds made to Aliens 19 Leases made to Alien Artificers 50 Condition not to alien 234 Conditions for Appearance at a place Vid. Title Sheriffs Bonds 232 Appearance to a Sheriffs Bond how to be pleaded 85 86 87 Apprentices Bonds 305 Condition for Appearance for Felony 314 Inter alia a Bond may be put in Arbitrament yet in such Case the Arbitrament cannot be pleaded in Bar of the Obligation 400 Of Bonds of Arbitrament 301 Assignee who are Assignees of the Obligee when a thing is to be paid or performed to him or his Assigns 110 111 Assignee to perform Covenants 190 Assignee of Estate and Assignee of Contract 172 Assignment of Obligations to the King 317 Assignment by Commissioners of Bankrupts 343 Assets in the Hands of the Heir 293 300 Condition to make Assurance or farther Assurance 157 c. At whose â—â—…sts 161 Condition to assure Land on Marriage 235 Foreign Attachment pleaded 445 Averment 10 35 Audita Querela where lies and where not 257 272 281 B. BOnd 's Vid. tit Obligations Action brought by Baron and Feme on Obligation 357 Against Baron and Feme 363 Obligations assigned by Commissioners of Bankrupts 343 Conditions concerning Bastard Children 132 Bail Bonds Vid. Sheriffs Bonds Bail Recognizance 267 The Nature of it ibid. Process and Scire Fac. thereon 269 How and when the Bail is discharged 272 Pleadings thereon and Execution 277 Removal Error Hab. Corp. 282 The Form of a Recognisance of Bail 313 Bond for the Good Behaviour 309 What amounts to a Breach of the Behavior 309 316 Condition to procure a Benefice 225 Of Bills Obligatory 8 27 Two several Bills in one 11 Assignment of a Breach on Bonds of Covenants 149 C. OBligations made by a Corporation16 Obligations made to a Body Corporate19 Conditions The Nature of a Condition 38 The several sorts of Conditions 39 Of Conditions precedent and their Operation 40 What words make a Condition 41 What
Release of the residue 1 Anderson p. 235 Case Cro. El. p. 182. Cook versus Bacon Sir G. Grisly now Baronet was bound in a Statute-Merchant before the Mayor of Coventry to D. D. upon a Certificate made by the Mayor into Chancery took out a Capias against him by the name of G. Grisly Esq and Writs of extent thereon this the Court would not amend but advised to sue a new Writ out of Chancerâ— upon the first Certificate scil Capias Corpus G. G. Mil. Baronet qui per nomen G. G. Armig. â—ecognovit c. Hobert 129. Sir George Grisleys Case If three are bound to me in a Statute-Merchant and every of them by themselves quemlibet 〈◊〉 per se I may sue Execution against one of them only or against all at my pleasure Declaration DEclaration is That the Defendant per scriptum suum Obligatorium c. concessit se teneri c. solvend cum requisitus esset The Defendant demands Oyer of the Obligatation which is of a Statute-Merchant c. salvend at the Feast of c. It s an incurable Fault Cro. Jac. op 316. Fox and Inkes A Statute for performance of Covenants which perhaps shall never be broken is no Plea in Bar by Administrator but a Statute for payment of Mony is allowable before Debts on Bond and so it differs from Harrisons Case 5 Rep. It s no good Plea to say that such a one was bound in a Recognizance and not to say per scriptum Obligatorium and to conclude it was done secundum formam Statut. doth not help it but in a Verdict it was agreed to be good Marches Rep. p. 76. Harris and Garret 4 Rep. 65. Fulwoods Case If the Jury find a Recognizance before the Mayor and Recorder though they say not per script Obligat or secundum formam Statuti its good enough The Defendant pleaded to Debt on two Bonds that the Intestate was indebted to the Plaintiff in a Statute-Merchant of 250 l. which Statute is in force not cancelled nor annulled and that she hath not above 40 s. assets ultra the Plaintiff replies that the Statute is burnt with Fire Judgment pro Quer. on demurrer for by the demurrer the Defendant hath confest the burning of the Statute and then it can never rise up for the Statute 23 H. 8. c. 6. concerning Recognizances in the nature of a Statute-Staple refers to the Statute-Staple that the like Execution shall be had and made c. and the Statute-Staple refers to the Statute-Merchant and that to the Statute of Acton Burnel 13 Ed. 1. which provides that if it be found by the Roll and by the Bill that the Debt was acknowledged and that the day of payment is expired that then c. but if the Statute be burnt it cannot appear that the day of payment is expired and consequently there can be no Execution If the Conusee will take his Action upon it he must say hic in Curia prolat 15 H. 7.16 Mod. Rep. 186. Buckly and Haward If One acknowledges a Statute and after a Judgment is had against the Conusor now against the Conusor the Statute shall be preferred but not against an Executor 1 Brownl 37. If two Men claim the same Land one by Extent upon a Statute the other by a Judgment the same Term he who claims by the Judgment shall be first satisfied Yelv. 224. A Statute-Merchant removed by Mittimus out of Chancery in Com. p. and Execution awarded there super tenorem Recordi A Writ of Error lies in B. R. though the Original be in Chancery and the Execution in C. B. More n. 738. Worsley and Charneck In what Courts taken and sued REcognisance taken in the Court of the Admiralty is void Noy 24. Record and Johnson How Recognisances shall be taken in London Stat. 14. E. 3.111 8 R. 2.4 5.5 H. 4.12 If a Statute-Merchant be not paid at the day the Mayor c. shall cause the Debtor to be imprisoned if he be Lay and in their power there to remain till he agree the Debt If the Debtor cannot be found they shall send the Recognisance under the Kings Seal into Chancery from whence shall issue Writ to the Sheriff of the County where the Debtor is to take his Body and if he do not satisfie the Debt within a Quarter of a Year all his Lands and Goods shall be delivered upon extent but his Body shall be still in Prison and he shall be allowed Bread and Water And the Sheriff shall certifie the Justices of one of the Benches how he hath performed the Service i. e. return the Writ If the Debtor dye the Body of his Heir shall not be taken If a Statute be rightly entred into as to the substantial Form it is sufficient though there be variance in the circumstantial Form Bendl. 144 145. All Statutes Merchant and of the Staple shall within six Months after the acknowledgment thereof be entred in the Office of the Clark of the Recognisances and it ought to be brought within four Months to enter a true Copy or else it shall be void against Purchasers bona fide and it must be enrolled within six Month 27 Eliz. c. 4. A Statute is to be shewed in Court of B. R. or C. B. when it s to be extended or on Return of Cepi Corpus else the party will be discharged tho it be lost 37 H. 6.6 7. On a Statute Merchant the Conisee may bring Debt on the Stat. and wave all other proceedings or he may have Execution after this manner He must bring his Statute to the Mayor c. and they are to imprison him if he cannot be found they are to certifie the Record in Chancery and if they refuse to do it they may be compelled thereto by Certiorari and upon a nihil returned upon a Testatum est he may have Process in another County Aliter of Goods and he shall have a Cap. directed to the Sheriff and this to be returned in the C. B. or B. R. if he be returned non est inventus his Lands shall be extended Upon a Statute-Staple or upon Recognisance founded on 23 H. 8. c. 6. the Body Lands and Goods may be taken together and this Writ on these Statutes are returnable in Chancery and not in B. R. or B. C. as a Statute-Merchant is Recognisances in Chancery Vid. supra Statutes CApias lies not on a Recognisance in Chancery but only a Scire Fac. per Gawdy Yelverton and Popham Yelv. 42. Weaver and Clifford So Cro. Eliz. p. 576. Conier's Case but in Ognel and Pastons Case Cro. Eliz. p. 164. adjudged contra and that it lies after a Scire Fac. and two Nihils returned And per Windham in Dormers Case 1 Keb. 456. a Capias lies on a Recognisance in Chancery the Presidents are so but in Grimston and Wades Case 3 Keb. 221 229. The Court conceived no Capias lies on a Recognisance in Chancery Debt on a Recognisance is brought in the
Session pacis in Comitâ— praedict tenend ad stand â—ct in Curia siquis versus cum loqui voluerit de diversis feloniis transgressionibus unde idem R. B. judicatus existit ut dicitur ad respondend dicto Domino Regi de iisdem prout debet dat c. Recognisance of Bail Kanc. ss Memorandum Quo â—quinto die A. D. de c. G. H. de c. J. K. de c. personaliter venerunt coram nobis C. D. E. F. Justiciar dicti Dom. Regis ad pacem suam in Com. suo praedict conservand assignatâ— recogneverunt se deberâ— eidem Dom. Regi modo forma sequen viz. praedict A. B. 20 l. legalis c. uterque praedictorum G. J. 10 l. confiâ—lis â—nita de seperalibus bonis catalliâ— terris tenementis sâ— seperalis fieri le vari ad opus usum dicti Dom. Regis hared successor suorum si defult fieret in performatione conditionis indors Condition for appearance for Felony or suspicion of Felony The Condition of the Recognizance is such That if the within bound A. B. do personally appear before his Majesties Justices of Gaol-delivery at the next general Gaol-delivery to be holden for the within named County of Kent then and there to answer to our Sovereign Lord the KING for and concerning the felonibus taking and stealing of c. or for suspicion of his felonious taking c. wherewithal he standeth charged before c. and to do and receive c. and do not depart the said Court without licence for the same then c. If it be to appear at Sessions say Do personally appear before his Majesties Justices assigned to keep his Peace in the within named County of K. at the next General Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the said County of T. in the County aforesaid then and there to answer c. If the Party thâ— is bound to appear on Surety for the Peace be so sick that he cannot appear the Justices in their discretion have forborn to certifie or record such Forfeiture or Default and that they have taken Sureties for the Peace of some Friends of his present in the Court till the next Sessions If the Husband be bound that he and his Wife shall appear at such a Sessions and that they shall keep the Peace in the mean time c. and at the day the Husband appears alone Qu. if the Recognizance be forfeited A Supplicavit out of Chancery directed to the Sheriff and Justices to bind F. and two others to the Good Behaviour the Sheriff returns that the two non sunt inventi and quoad F. that such a Recognizance was taken before the Justices and that he had broken the Good Behaviour and F. pleaded to Issue in Chancery the Record being sent into the Kings Bench per manus Dom. Cancellaris thereupon a Writ of Nisi Prius issued and found for the Defendant this Recognizance was not well certified into the Chancery for they who take the Recognizance ought to certifie it Cro. Jac. 669. Ford against the King If a Man find Sureties for the Peace before the Justices of the Peace in the County yet if the same Party come in B. R. and there make Oath that he was afraid he shall be hurt by the said Party he may have surety of the Peace there against the Party and a Supersedas to the Justices to discharge the Bond taken before them for the Peace and Behaviour Moor n. 126. Upon motion on Affidavit that he was bound to the Peace for Malice his Recognizance was discharged Stiles p. 364 Sir Tho. Revels Case It s the Course of the Court when any are bouâ—d over to appear in B. R. and in the mean time to keep the Peace or be of Good Behaviour the Cause is to be exprest in the Recognizance also when ever the Court binds any Man to the Peace or Good Behaviour it s always for a year 1 Keble Hill 16 and 17 Car. 2. B. R. Sandford versus Atkinson What is or amounts to a Breach or Forfeiture THE Surety of the Peace is not broken without Affray made or Battery bujusmodi 2 H. 7.2 b. Words which threaten a Battery of the Body may forfeit a Recognizance but not to call one Lyar Drunkard and to say I will make him a poor Kirton Moor n. 378. If he threaten to beat him to his Face it s a Forfeiture or if he threaten in his absence and afterwards lies in wait to beat him Keb. Inst 615. If he that is bound do but command or procure another to break the Peace upon any Man or to do any other unlawful Act against the Peace if it be done it s a Forfeiture of his Recognizance 7 H. 7.34 a. There is a Surety of the Peace and a Surety of the Good Behaviour the Surety of the Peace cannot be broken without some Act as an Affray or Battery or the like but the Surety de bono gestu consisteth chiefly in doing nothing that may be cause of the Breach of the Peace the word Lyar Drunkard c. are not Breaches nor entring his Close nor taking Goods What is a Breach of the Peace is a Breach of the Behaviour riding with War-like Weapons but that is not Law now or in Company with riotous Malefactors Cro. El. 86. k. 4 Inst 180 181. Kings Case In Sc. Fac. upon a Recognizance for the Good Behaviour taken in the Crown Office the Breach is assigned because he assaulted land bâ—t â—ne on the Way and he saith not vi aâ— and for this Cause after Verdict Judgment was stayeth Cro. Jac. 412. The King and Hutchings Scire Facias upon a Recognizance of the Good Behaviour Breach assigned was That he said to a Constable in executing his Office thou art a lying Rascal and to a Woman that she was a Whore and a Jade c. The Defendant pleaded not guilty and found for the Defendant though the manner of speaking may be good cause in discretion to bind one to his Good Behaviour yet one being bound words only which tend not to the Breach of Peace terrifying others or to sedition c. shall not be sufficient cause of Forfeiture Nota In this Case the Witnesses in the behalf of the King did not prove that these words were iâ— disturbance of the Execution of his Office Cro. Car. 498. The King versus Hayward Farther Considerations of Bonds in respect of Assignment Statute of Bankrupt and Forgery c. Assignments of Obligations Vide Creditors as to Statute of Bankrupcy IF a Man assign an Obligation to another for a precedent Debt due by him to the Assignee that is not Maintenance but if he assign it for a Consideration then given by way of Contract this is Maintenance Noy 53. Harvey versus â—man Alit in Case of the King 3 Lion 234. Scoth and Marsh Upon the Statute of 33 H. 8. cap. 39. the Case
211. To pay the Mony Fidel. 18. Cl. Man 3â—4 326. A Counter-Condition for performance of Covenants 1 Cl. guide 200. A Counter-Condition to save harmless from two Obligations Id. 230. A Condition to save harmless a Surety from a Bond of Arbitrement Id. 204. A Condition to save harmless a Surety from a Recognizance 3 Cl. guide 61. Condition of an Arbitration Bond. WIthout an Umpire Fidel. 19. Compl. Cl. 323. Cl. guide 1 part 223 232. To Arbitrators if not to an Umpire Idem 267. Covenant Bonds A Condition for the performance of one particular Covenant in an Indenture Fidel. 23. For Performance generally Id. 24. Compl. Clerk 328. A Condition to perform Covenants in a Lease and not to seek for a new Lease from the Chief Lord 2 Cl. guide 75. Conditions Special About Lands THat a man and his Wife at the next Copyhold-Court shall surrender and release their Interest Fidel. 21. If Mony be not paid at a Day then to surrender 1 Cl. guide 293. Bridg. Con. 190 233 234 236 265 378. For the making of better Assurance Fidel. 21. For quiet Enjoyment 1 Cl. G. 160. A Condition where a man hath purchased Lands which he intendeth shall be for the Joynture of his Wife that his Wife shall enjoy the same and that they be free from Incumbrances and that the Premisses shall be worth 60 l. per Annum â—ide 22. A Condition that where the Obligor hath sold to the Obligee three Acres which is in Lease for Ten years that the Obligor shall pay 30 s. to the Obligee yearly during the term Id. 23. A Condition that one shall enjoy a Parsonage-House c. free from Tithes and other Incumbrances Id. 26. That the Premisses shall continue free from Incumbrances done by him and that he and his Wife shall do further Assurance Fidel. 27. A Condition where two Brothers are joyntly seized of Lands that if one make a bargain for the sale of the Premisses and that the other shall receive 50 l. for his part that the other will joyn in the Assurance Id. ib. A Condition that whereas Lands are mortgaged that the Mortgageors are seised c. and that the Premisses shall be free from Incumbrances and to do further assurance if the Mony be not paid according to the Proviso Id. 38. A Condition upon Marriage to make a Joynture of 10 l. per Annum to his Wife within one year after Marriage or at his death free of Incumbrances Id. 29. That a man shall within two years assure Lands of 30 l. per Annum for his Wives Joynture or if he die before the time that then his Executors shall do the same or else the Executors shall within ten days after the death of the Obligor enter Bond with Sureties to the Wife for payment of 50 l. within one year after the death of the first Obligor Id. 32. For yielding up a possession Campl Cl. 316. That the Father shall not sell his Land from his eldest Son Id. 308. For the Truth of an hired Servant Compleat Clerk 317. To deliver Possession Id. ibid. That if the Conisors of a Fine being within Age shall reverse the Fine then to repay the marriage Mony Id. 318. That Land shall remain to the Obligors eldest Son Id. 329. That two shall make a Lease to two or three Tenants Id. 330. That a man shall not alien his House but to the Obligee he paying such a sum of Mony Id. ib. To deliver possession of an House Id. 321. To save Land from Incumbrances c. Id. 323. For enjoying of Land for a term Id. 324. To make an Estate in Land Id. 329. To deliver Evidence and perform Covenants upon payment of a sum of Mony to the Obligor Id. 332. For default of payment of Mony at a day to enter upon and hold a Field for certain years Id. 333. For payment of Rent and not committing Waste Id. ibid. To make an Estate in Feesimple by a day Id. 334. Not to claim Dower Id. ib. 2 Cl. g. 91. A Condition to make assurance of Lands upon Request 1 Cl. guide 158 161. To pay all such charges as the Tenant shall be at by reason of the payment of his Rent there being Controversie concerning the Title of the House Id. 226. A Condition for the surrender of copyhold-Copyhold-Lands and to cause the Obligor to be admitted Tenant 1 Clerks Guide 159. For quiet enjoying a Manor according to assignment Id. 229. A Condition for passing a Fine Id. 160. That one shall not demise or alien sans Consent Id. 188. A Condition not to do any act to prejudice the Estate of the Obligor in a Lease Id. 193. A Condition to pay Rent during a Lease Parol and at the end to depart leaving the Goods and Housholdstuff mentioned c. Id. ib. A Condition where the Seller is bound that the Land is free from Incumbrances Id. 229. A Condition for renewing a Lease when the Lessor comes to the Age of 21 years 2 Cl. guide 96. A Condition to gather Rents and yield account thereof Id. 82. A Condition to make true account of ones Bayliffship Id. 84. To pay a sum of Mony within three days after Request if the Obligee may not enjoy a Mesuage Id. 85. Conditions reciting an absolute Bargain and Sale made to one for the indempnity of a Bond if the Mony be paid on the Bond the Grantee to reassure Id. 149. Conditions reciting the Surrender of Lands upon Condition that if the Mony be not paid according to the Condition the Obligee may enjoy the Lands 2 Cl. guide 141. Conditions reciting the release of an Annuity that it is free from former engagements Id. 152. To pay Rent Quarterly for certain Rooms Id. 155. To surrender Lands to uses Id. ib. A Condition to permit the Obligee to receive Rents c. to his own use and not to discharge a former Agreement made between A. W. of the one part and the Obligor and Obligee of the other part Id. 163. To assure the moiety of such Lands as shall be recovered by Law Id. 165. A Condition not to sell Lands had in Marriage 3 Cl. guide 307. A Condition that the Lessee shall not carry away the Wainscot or Cupboards c. Id. 310. Cl. Vade mecum 386. A Condition to pay Rent reserved on a Lease according to the Covenant 3 Cl. guide 161. Conditions to settle fettle Lands of such a value Bridgman's Convey 227. Conditions to free the Lands from all Incumbrances by a prefix'd time Id. 11. Conditions to Seal a Lease by a day according to a draught thereof already made Cl. Vade mec 398. To procure Lands to be passed in Fee-simple from his Majesty and the Patentee to convey it to the Obligee by a Day he then paying the Patentee a sum of Mony Cl. Vade mecum 399. Conditions to enjoy Lands discharged of Rents Hern. 308. Conditions that the Heir shall make no claim 2 Cl. guide 238. To assure a Sum of
Mony in lieu of a Joynture 3 Cl. g. 308. To save harmless where one attorns Tenant with a Covenant to grant a Lease when the Premisses are setled in the Obligee Id. 157. To procure a Lease for years in consideration of a Sum of Mony given Cl. V. m. 387. To repay mony on misliking of a Bargain Id. 396. Other Special Conditions TO maintain one for life Fidel. 24. If a mans Wife shall out-live her Husband not having Issue of her Body and that the Husband shall have received 300 l. her Portion that the Wife shall make her Will of 100 l. and that the Executor of the Baron shall pay it according to the Will Id. 25. A Condition that one nor his Family shall become chargeable to a Town Id. 26. Sh. Presid c. 4. Sect. 27. A Condition where a man is to marry a Woman Widow who was Executor to her former Husband that the party which is to marry shall pay 100 l. to one of her Children according to the Will of her former Husband Fidel. 23. A Condition to pay 200 l. within two Months after one shall use the Trade of a Barber Id. 35. That whereas three are bound to J. for several Sums of Mony if any of the Obligors die before the same shall be due that the survivor will upon request become bound with new Sureties for such of the Mony as shall be then due Id. 36. That whereas one as Factor to two men takes Goods to sell and after sale of them doth account with one of the parties and with the Assignee of the other and payeth the Mony remaining of the Sale to the one Partner and to the Assignee of the other who makes several Acquittances to the Factor that they will free him from all Actions c. to be brought against him by the other Id. 37. Cl. Vad. m. 530. 1 Cl. guide 17 186. 2d Part 188. A Condition for an Apprentices Truth and to restore what shall appear on Proof imbezelled Fidel. 30. Shep. Presid cap. 4. sect 17. If the Obligee deliver to the Obligor a true Note of such Mony as he owes for Wares and to whom the same is owing that the Obligors will pay all such Sums Fidel. 33. That whereas one is lawfully assigned Guardian to an Infant by the Commissary for the recovering and receiving of a portion of Goods and hath received of the Register 5 l. Decreed by the Commissary to the Infant that at the age of the Infant the Guardian shall pay to the Infant the 5 l. and shall save and keep harmless the Bishop Commissary and Register Idem 40. A Condition to be entred in Chancery upon the taking out a Commission of Bankrupcy Id. 34. This Bond to be entred in to the Chancellor A Condition that whereas an Administrator hath delived into the hands of the Guardian of an Infant 800 l. that the Infant at her full age shall give an Acquittance to the Admistrator c. Id. 34. Bond from the Creditor to save the Commissioners harmless Id. 171. Condition not to release a Statute Compleat Cl. 314. Not to revoke a Letter of Attorny made by the Obligor Id. ib. Bond for the good Behaviour Id. 315. Not to sue for Lands or Goods Id. 316. Not to claim a Child's part Id. ib. For the Truth of an hired Servant Compleat Clerk 317. For delivery of Wheat Id. 318. That one shall account for and pay the Proceed of Mony lent to Trade with Idem 319. Not to release a Letter of Attorney Id. ibid. That a man shall leave to his Wife at his death so many Goods Id. 320. Not to impeach an Extent Id. ib. To deliver Writings up upon payment of a sum of Mony Id. ib. That the Obligor shall justifie such Actions as the Obligee shall commence Idem 322. That a Bayliff of an Hundred shall duly execute his Office Id. 323. A Condition in case of Divorce or Separation where the man and wives Friends are bound for not intermedling one with another Id. 327. That a Woman Divorced shall not make claim to her Husbands Lands or Goods Id. ibid. To make a General Release Id. 330. To procure a Surety to seal a Bond Idem 331. To redeem a Pawn by a day or lose it Id. 331. For payment of Mony to Orphans Idem 332. To save harmless Shepherds Presid c. 4. sect 17. To keep a Child Id. c. 4. s 17. To make a Joynture Id. ib. To lay out a Marriage-Portion Idem cap. 3. sect 40. To repay part of it if she dye Id. ib. To give Dyet Id. ib. c. 4. s 17. To leave so much to his Wife Idem cap. 3. sect 40. That his Wife shall have leave to make a Will Id. ib. That if he sell her Land he shall buy as much again Id. ib. That if Land be not of such a Value it shall be made up Id. ib. To give so much by his Will Id. ib. To perform a Will Id. c. 3. To procure a Release Id. c. 3. s 39. To keep or breed up a Child Id. c. 3. sect 36 40. A Condition to make an Apprentice free of the City of London at the end of his Apprenticeship 1 Cl. guide 34. A Condition for the Truth of an Apprentice and to restore the value of all such Goods as by Proof shall appear he hath imbezelled Id. 2â—4 A Condition to ackowledge satisfaction on a Judgment 2 Cl. g. 90. A Condition to find one his Dyet by the year 1 Cl. g. 158. A Condition to discharge the Church warden and Parishioners of a Bastard Child 1 Clerks guide 158. To save harmless from a Recognizance taken for ones Appearance Id. 164. To save one harmless for the Bailing of one in two several Actions Id. ib. A Condition concerning Marriage Idem 16. To deliver Hay and Oats at a day Idem 161. from Legacies Id. 189. To justifie all such Actions as shall be commenced by reason of a Letter of Attorny Id. 197. Condition to save harmless from a Letter of Attorny Id. 199. Condition not to molest or sue for any Matter or Cause before past â— Clerks guide 86. To seal a Counter-part by a day Cl. guide 190. To deliver an Obligation by a day Idem 191. Condition where Mony is given by a Will to a Wife and her Children and the Mony being paid by the Executors to the Husband to be employed for their benefit the Husband is bound to employ it well Id. 194. A Condition to save harmless an Executor he not medling with the Executorship Id. 195. A Condition to discharge an Executor from an Orphans Portion in London being received without consent 1 Cl. g. 196. To justifie all such Actions as shall be commenced by reason of the Assignment of a Bill Obligatory Id. 197. â—ondition for the Truth of an hired Servant Id. ib. Condition to discharge Executors from the payment of Legacies to Non-ages Idem 198. To save harmless from a Letter of Attorny Id.