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Production, Inspection, and Copy of Deeds
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LXIV. When any Party shall rely on any Deed or Document, or any Portion thereof, in his Pleading, the said Deed or Document shall be produced upon every Trial and Argument in the Cause, unless its Nonproduction can be satisfactorily excused; and in default thereof it shall be lawful for the Court or Judge before whom such Trial or Argument shall be had to exclude the said Party so in default from all Benefit or Advantage of the said Deed or Document, or to make such Order for the Postponement of the Trial or Argument, and the Payment of the Costs occasioned by the said Postponement, as shall seem to be just; and the opposite Party shall be at liberty, by Notice in Writing, to demand of the Party so relying on the said Deed or Document an Inspection or Copy, or both an Inspection and Copy of the same, including the Names of the Witnesses by whom it was attested, if any, and any Endorsement or Defeasance thereon, and the Production of it for the Purpose of its being stamped, if necessary, and also the Production, Inspection, or Copy of any other Deed or Instrument whereof Inspection could be obtained by a Bill of Discovery; and such Copy, when furnished, shall be certified to be a correct Copy by the Attorney furnishing the same; and in case such Copy shall not be delivered, or such Inspection or Production shall not be granted, the Party demanding the same shall be at liberty to apply to the Court or a Judge for an Order for such Copy or Inspection or Production, or Copy and Inspection and Production, as such Judge shall think fit, but such Demand, Notice, or Order shall in no Case operate as a Stay of Proceedings, except when a special Order shall be made by a Judge to that Effect.
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