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Custom of proceeding by attachment confirmed.
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XVII. And whereas from time immemorial, by the established usage and custom of proceeding by attachment against the goods and chattles of defendants, in the court of record of the said city of Waterford, for the recovery of debts, dues, and demands, the goods and chattles taken under such attachments were held in custody by the water bailiff, or serjeants at mace of the said city, until the defendant entered good and sufficient special bail in the said court of record, to pay what should be adjudged to the plaintiff on the trial of the cause: and whereas the said custom of proceeding in the said court of record by attachment hath been found highly beneficial, and of the greatest utility to the merchants, traders, and inhabitants of the said city of Waterford, and hath tended to the establishment of publick credit in that city: be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said custom of proceeding in the said court of record by attachment, be hereby confirmed and established.
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