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 9© C. 8. Anno primo ANNiE Reginse. Stat. li A.D. lyor. of the feveral A£ls of Parliament concerning the Sale of the laid Rents, or the making of fuch Reprizes .as ought to be made by them; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. Saving of Right, IX. Saving always to all and every Perfon and Perfons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, their Heirs ■and Succeflbrs, all fuch Rights, Titles, Eftates, Cuftoms, Interefts, Claims and Demands whatfoever of, in, or to, or out of the Revenues, Hereditaments, and other the Premifles aforefaid, or any of them as they or any of them had or ought to have had before the making of this Aft, as fully, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if this A6t had never been made j any thing herein contained to the contrary notvv^ith- ftanding. CAP. VIII. An A£t for explaining a Claufe in an Aft made at the Parliament begun and holden at Wefi- minjler, the two and twentieth of November in the feventh Year of the Reign of our So- vereign Lord King William the Third, intituled, An A£l for the better Security of his Ma- jefiy's Royal Perfon and Government. w. 3. e. 27. No Patent, &c. to ceafe by the late King's Death, but con- tinued for fix Months, &:c. No Patent, &c. to ceafe after the Queen's Death, but to continue for fu Months, &c. Juftices may pro- ceed, &c. as if the King had been living, but in the Queen's N,ime. No Writ, &c. to le difcootinued, &c. Archlep. Ar- magh, V, Regem, in dome Proce- lum. 172S. 1'he like on the Queen's Death, &c. No Proceedings in any Court of equity, &c, to 'Ceafe J WHEREAS by an Aft of Parliament made at the Parliament begun and holden at TVeJimlnftcr, the tw^o and twentieth Day of November in the feventh Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King William the Third, intituled, Jn l£ifor the. better Security of his Maje/iys Royal Perfon and Go- vernment, it was am-ong other Things enafted, That no Commiflion, either Civil or Military, fliould ceafe, determine, or be void by reafon of the Death or Demife of his faid Majefty, or of any of his Heirs or Succeflbrs, Kings or Queens of this Realm, but that every fuch Commiffion Ihould be, continue, and remain in full Force and Virtue, for the Space of fix Months next after any fuch Death or Demife, unlefs in the mean Time fuperfeded, determined, or made void by the next and immediate Succeflbr, to whom the Imperial Crown of this Realm, according to the A£); of Settlement, in the fame recited A£t mentioned, is- limited and appointed to go, remain, or defcend : And for as much as fome Doubt may be conceived concerning the Extent of that Claufe ; therefore for the avoiding of any Difpute or Queftioii that may arife concerning the Conftru£l:ion thereof;' Be it declared and enabled by the Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, m this prefent Parliament alTembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That no Patent or Grant of any Office or Employment, either Civil or Military, Ihall be taken, confirrued or adjudged, to ceafe, deterrhine, or be void, by Reafon of the Death or Demife of his faid late Majefty, but that every fuch Patent or Grant fhall be, continue and remain in full Force and Virtue, from and after the feventh Day of March in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and one, for the Space of fix Months then next enfuing, unlefs in the mean Time fuperfeded, determined, or made void by her pre- fent Majefty. _ II. And be it further enafted. That no Patent or Grant of any Office or Employment, either Civil or Military, hereafter to be made, ftiall ceafe, determine, or be void, by reafon of the Death or Demife of her prefent Majefty (whom God Almighty long preferve to reign over this Realm) or any of her Heirs or Succeflbrs, Kings or Qiieens of this Realm, but that every fuch Patent or Grant fhall be, continue,, and remain, in full Force and Virtue, for the Space of fix Months next after any fuch Death or Demife, unlefs in the mean Time fuperfeded, determined, or made void by the next and immediate Succeflbr, to whom the imperial Crown of this Realm is limited and appointed to go, remain, or defcend. III. And be it enafted and declared. That the Juftices ofAffize, Oyer and Terminer, Gaol Delivery, and Nift prius, and Juftices of the Peace, may proceed at their feveral Aflizes and Seffions, as they might have done if his faid late Majefty King William the Third were living, but as her Majefty's Jufti.es, and in her Name ; and that no Writ, Plea, Procefs, or any other Proceeding upon any Indidment or In- formation for any Ofi^ence or Mifdemeanor, nor any Writ, Procefs or Proceeding whatfoever, for any Debt or Account that was due or to be made to his late Majefty, or concerning any Lands, Tenements, or other Revenue that did belong to his late Majefty, dependin'g at the Time of the Demife of his faid, late Majefty, fhall be difcontinued or put without Day, by reafon of his Death or Demife, but fhall con- tinue and remain in full Force and Virtue, to be proceeded upon in like Manner as if his faid Majefty were living. IV. And be it further enacted, That no Writ, Plea, or Procefs, or any othef Proceeding upon any Indiftment or Information, for any Offence or Mifdemeanor, or any Writ, Procefs or Proceeding, for any Debt or Account that fliall be due or to be made to her Majefty, her Heirs or Succeflors, for or con- cerning any Lands, Tenements, or other Revenue that fhall belong to her or them, that fhall be de- ■ pending at the Time of her Majefty's Demife (whom God long preferve) or of any of her Heirs or Suc- ceflbrs, fhall be difcontinued or put without Day, by reafon of her or any of their Deaths or Demifes, but fhall continue and remain in full Force and Virtue, to be proceeded upon notwithftanding any fuch Death or Demiife. V. And be it further enaiEled by the Authority aforefaid, That no Commiflion of AlTociation, Writ of Admittance, or Si non omnes. Original Writ, Writ of Nifi prius. Writ of Afliftance, nor any Commiflion, Procefs, or Proceedings whatfoever, in or ifluing out of any Court of Equity, nor any Procefs or Pro- - ceeding upon any Office or Inquifition, nor any Writ of Certiorari or Habeas Corpus, in any Matter or Caufe, either Criminal or Civil, nor any Writ of Attachment or Procefs for Contempt, nor any Commif- fion
 * «• and Succeflbrs, Executors, Adminiflrators and Afligns, other than to our faid Sovereign Lady, her Heirs