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( 16 ) him to Priſon, to the ſaid Sheriff, unleſs or until he ſhall give security, to the Satisfaction of the ſaid Supreme Court of Judicature, at Fort-William in Bengal, to perform the Judgment thereof, and pay all ſuch Sum or Sums of Money as ſhall be awarded thereby; which Security, We hereby empower the ſaid Court to take, and thereupon to deliver the Body of the ſaid Defendant upon Bail, and if the ſaid Sheriff ſhall reutrn to either of the ſaid Writs of Summons, or Capias, that the Defendant is not to be found within the Juriſdiction of the ſaid Supreme Court of Judicature, at Fort-Walliam in Bengal, and the Plaintiff ſhall, by Affidavit, or, being a Quaker, by Affirmation in Writing, or otherwiſe, to the Satisfaction of the ſaid Supreme Court of Judicature, at Fort-William in Bengal, make Proof, verifying his Demand, We do hereby grant, ordain and appoint, that the ſaid Supreme Court of Judicature, at Fort-William in Bengal, ſhall and may award and iſſue a Writ of Sequeſtration, to be prepared in Manner above-mentioned, and directed to the ſaid Sheriff, commanding him to ſeize and ſequeſter the Houſes, Lands, Goods, Effects and Debts of ſuch Defendant, to ſuch Value as the ſaid Supreme Court of Judicature, at Fort-William in Bengal, ſhall think reaſonable and adequate to the ſaid Cauſe of Action, ſo verified as aforeſaid, and the ſame to detain till ſuch Defendant ſhall appear, and abide ſuch Order of the ſaid Supreme Court of Judicature, at Fort-William in Bengal, as if he had appeared on the former Proceſs; and the ſaid Supreme Court of Judicature, at Fort-William in Bengal, ſhall and is hereby authorized and empowered, according to their Diſcretion, either to cauſe the ſaid Goods to be detained in Specie, or to be ſold, and to give Day to ſuch Defendant, by Proclamation in open Court, from Time to Time, not exceeding Two Years in the whole; and if ſuch Defendant ſhall not appear on the laſt Day, which the ſaid Court in their Diſcretion ſhall think proper to give, it ſhall be lawful, and the ſaid Supreme Court of Judicature, at Fort-William in Bengal, is hereby authorized to proceed, ex Parte, to hear, examine and determine the ſaid Plaint and Cauſe, and give ſuch Judgment therein, and award and