Law, Book 4 · Chapter 43
CHAP. 43.
Of Meſne; Iudiciall proceſſe.
IVdiciall Proceſſe is a Proceſſe out of that Court where the original is returned, proſecuting the action. And therefore vponupon an originall returned …arde, an alias and pluries ſhall go out of the ſame 22. Eli. Dy.Court Teſte the chiefe Iuſtice, for by the returne the Court is poſſeſſed. But if no returne at all bee made, the alias and pluries ſhall go out of the Chancerie, Teſte Regem. This muſt be ſealed with a ſeale Iudiciall, being in the cuſtodie of the chiefe Iuſtice of that Court.
Iudiciall proceſſe are meſne proceſſe … in nature of new originals.
Meſne proceſſe which is for any neceſſarie act to be done, not onelyonly for the plaintife againſt the defendant, but for either of them againſt any other, whoſe preſence in the Court may be neceſſarie for them. As againſt one that is vouched or praied in aide 1. H. 6. 4.of. So againſt Iuries, witneſſes, &c. So to execute iudgements giuen, or any thing elſe neceſſarie for the triall of any of their allegations.
VponUpon a fine leuied before it be engroſſed the writs to compell atturnement are per Old N B. 171.quae Seruicia, when the fine is leuied of a Old N. B. 170.ſeigniorie.
Quem redditum reddit, when it is of a Old N. B. 170.rent charge or rent ſecke.
Quid iuris clamat, when it is of a remainder or reuerſion.Old. N. B. 168.
Statutes.
23. Eliz. cap. 3. Plie entrie of record of an Atturnement vponupon a fine ſhal be vtterly void, except the partie (mentioned to atturne) firſt hauehave appeared in Court in perſon, or by atturny warranted by the hand of one of the Iuſtices of one Bench or other, or of one Iuſtice of aſſiſe, vponupon a writ of Quid iuris clamat, qu…m redditum reddit, or per quae ſeruicia, as the caſe requireth.
In petitions whether in Parliament or Stam. praer. 73.elſewhere, and though the king hauehave granted the lands ouer, or whereſoeuer the king being made partie, may be at loſſe: as when he is prayed in aide of, in a praecipe quod reddat, or other reall action againſt his leſſee, but not in (b)27. H. 8. 28.treſpaſſe (c)15. Dy. 320.Eiectione firme, or other (d)27. H. 8. ibid.perſonall action, for there he is to loſe nothing. A writ of ſearch lyeth, which is to ſearch in the Treſury before the plea proceed, if by likelyhood ſome matter may be there to maintaine his title. As vponupon finding by office that A. died ſeiſed (of certaine land holden of the King) without heire, and a trauerſe put in that A. held not of the king. But if one come and ſay that A. had iſſue B. who enfeoffed him, there no ſearch ſhall be, for no matter can be in the treſorie to proue whether A. had iſſue, no more if the kings title be by an alienation in mortmain.
Statutes.
14. E 3. cap. 14. In a petition and ſearch granted after foure writs, whether any imminent or remembrance bee found for the King, or nor, the partie ſhall be put to anſwer. So as eueryevery of the foure writs be deliuered to the Treſorer and Chamberleins xl. dayes before the day of the returne.
In reall praecipes where a freehold is to 38. H. 6. 33. 8. E. 44. for the Demurrer 38. H. 6. ibid.be recouered vponupon default, after plea iſſue or demurrer a petie Cape ſhall goe foorth in the nature of a grand Cape in all things, ſaue that here the tenant is to anſwer to the default onelyonly, not to the demand alſo, as in a grand Cape And therefore it is called a pety Cape, and the other a grand Cape, becauſe there is leſſe in the one then in the other.
So vponupon a voucher a petit cape advale… ciam. In thoſe that are for other hereditaments, Old N. B. 179.not in point of ſeigniorie, as (a)2. H. 4.annuitie, (b)…. H 4. 1.Quare impedit, Quo iure, (d)30 H. 6. 8.quod perm…itat, &c. vponupon default as before, a diſtreſſe (c) Old N B. 71.ſhall goe forth in liew of a petit Cape. And both there, and vponupon view granted, day ſhall be giuen as in a plea of land, for it 30. H. 6. ibid.is in the nature of a praecipe quod reddat, in as much as hereby he is to recouer the land it ſelfe.
The Proceſſe againſt Iurors is firſt a Ʋenire facias to the Sherife to returne Old N. Br. 171.them, at which day if they appeare not, then a habeas corpora.
And after that a diſtreſſe infinite.
Statutes.
27. Eliz. cap. 7. No Iuror ſhall bee returned without the true addition of the place of his dwelling at the time of the returne, or a yeare before, or ſome other addition whereby hee might bee knowne, nor no eſtreet ſhall be without ſuch addition as is in the returne.
35. H 8. cap. 6. In eueryevery Habeas corpora or diſtringas with a Niſi prius at the firſt writ, v. s. at the leaſt ſhall bee returned in iſſues vponupon euerie Iuror, at the ſecond, x. s. at the leaſt, at the third xiij. s. iiij. d▪ and euer afterwards the double of xiij. s. iiij. d.
2. G. 6. cap. 32 If the principall Iurie appeare not fully at the niſi prius, thoſe that make default, ſhall forfeit their iſſues, though the Iurie be made vp de circumſtantibus.
where in perſonall actions vponupon the defendants default, the Iurie ſhall be taken, which wee call taking of the Iurie by default: In an action of treſpaſſe alwayes (a)Br. defaut 58.whatſoeuer the iſſue be, (b)34. H. 6. 24. 2. H. 4. Br. enq de dam. 11.releaſe, (c)9. H. 5. 15.Iuſtification, &c. So in (d)5. E. 4. 6. 1. H. 7. 1.debt, detinue, account, & the reſt which are for things in certaintie if the iſſue be taken vponupon a matter en fait onelyonly, as (e)1. H. 7. 1.payment, or that an (f)9. H. 5. 13. 42. E. 3. 1.acquittance pleaded in barre by the defendant, was made by dures. But if it be vponupon the acquittance it ſelfe, releaſe or other matter in writing, the plaintife may there pray iudgement if he will. But if he do not pray it, the Iurie ſhall be taken by default, as in an action of treſpaſſe.
But in aſſiſes of nouell diſſeiſin, nuſance, mortdanceſtor, darrein preſentment, and Iuris vtrum, the original writ commandeth The forme of all theſe writs. (h) Old N. B. 106. in an aſsiſe of nouell diſſeiſin, and 25. in darrein preſentmēt.a Iurie, as well as the defendants, to be warned, which Sōmons to the Iurie, ſerueth in ſtead of a venire facias. So that the proceſſe here againſt the Iurie is, Somon' habeas corpora & Diſtringas.
And therefore there vponupon default after that originall proceſſe ended, viz. the Atachment in an aſſiſe of nouell diſſeiſin and nuſance, the ſommons and reſommons in a (i)F. N. B. 196. gmortdanceſtor, darrein preſentment, and (k)F. N. B. 50. k.Iuris vtrum, the enqueſt ſhall bee taken by default, whether the default be preſently after the reſummons or after eſſoine, or plea pleaded. As it ſhould bee taken if the Tenant did appeare.