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avoit_fw-fr payè_fw-fr all_o exchequer_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr deit_fw-mi le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr south_n le_fw-fr seal_n del_fw-it exchequer_n ou_fw-fr delay_n fair_a acquittance_n de_fw-fr tiel_fw-fr jour_fw-fr tanque_fw-la a_fw-fr tiel_fw-fr jour_fw-fr etc._n etc._n his_o ancient_a fee_n be_v 40_o mark_n livery_n out_o of_o the_o wardrobe_n 12_o l._n 17_o s._n 4._o d._n in_o toto_fw-la 39_o l._n 10_o s._n 8_o d._n see_v 15._o hen._n 8._o cap._n 16._o the_o exchequer_n have_v a_o chancellor_n and_o seal_n and_o the_o writ_n usual_a in_o the_o chancery_n in_o the_o exchequer_n to_o seize_v land_n be_v more_o ancient_a than_o praerog_n regis_fw-la hereunto_o it_o be_v collect_v that_o see_v there_o have_v be_v timeout_o of_o mind_n a_o chancellor_n of_o the_o exchequer_n that_o there_o shall_v also_o be_v in_o the_o exchequer_n a_o court_n of_o equity_n in_o rot._n par._n 2_o hen._n 4._o we_o find_v a_o petition_n of_o the_o commons_o that_o no_o writ_n or_o privy_a seal_n be_v sue_v out_o of_o the_o chancery_n exchequer_n or_o other_o place_n to_o any_o man_n to_o appear_v
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habent_fw-la secundum_fw-la legem_fw-la &_o consuetudinem_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la sine_fw-la brevi_fw-la regis_fw-la placitari_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la and_o as_o inferior_a court_n which_o be_v not_o of_o record_n regular_o can_v hold_v plea_n of_o debt_n etc._n etc._n or_o damage_n but_o under_o 40_o s._n so_o the_o superior_a court_n that_o be_v of_o or_o damage_n regular_o unless_o the_o sum_n amount_v to_o 40_o s._n or_o above_o ne_fw-fr dignitas_fw-la curiarum_fw-la illarum_fw-la vilesceret_fw-la &_o ne_fw-la materiam_fw-la superaret_fw-la opus_fw-la now_o as_o the_o superior_a court_n ought_v not_o to_o encroach_v upon_o the_o inferior_a so_o the_o inferior_a court_n ought_v not_o to_o defraud_v the_o superior_a court_n of_o those_o cause_n that_o belong_v to_o they_o for_o example_n if_o in_o the_o county_n court_n or_o other_o inferior_a court_n they_o shall_v divide_v a_o debt_n of_o 20_o l._n into_o several_a pleint_n under_o 40_o s._n in_o this_o case_n the_o 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