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 50 LAWS OF THE STANNARIES plaintiffs and ie. aiTested did consent to have common bail or damages in retumcd. demandt and die So,Mibcripi. 27. We present, and affirm that the plain- ^ ^ ^"mk ^ff '^ attorney ought to enter his declaration iatbecouft^and at Or bcforc the defendant's appearance, or JS^iStote* a^ farthest the third court after the arrest, at witnesKs." which time the defendant, or his attorney, Sr,^«' ^ calling for his copy, the plaintiff's attorney •ignedbythede- shall dcclarc iu scriptis, otherwise the steward witn^ & filed shall enter a nonsuit ; which if he shall not m court the day jo, the defendant, or his attorney calling for and'^'ito bi it, the steward shall forfeit forty shillings to ^ until such ^jj^ party gricved. 27. Declaration to be entered be. 28. Wc prCSCUt, aud affirm OUr CUStOfU tO a|!^a^ce,orat bc, that a tiuncT may bring an adit through fertheit the third ^ny Other mcu's bounds in wastrel without as.Tinnenmay l^vc, through which adit hc is to have a bring adits thro' passagc ouly for his water ; but if he shall nobcn^tofti^ break tin, or discover a lode in his drift, or sinking of day shafts, he is to have no bene- fit of the said tin or lode, but shall leave it wholly to the owners of the bounds within but no precedent which it is. And wc farther present and say, to bnnc an adit « « *■ 1 -^ through several that WC have uot any custom or precedent to Aro^lm^Ser warrant a tinner to bring an adit to his work man's adit with, through Other mcu's several lands, nor to ^ ^**^' on avoid his water through another man's adit, "- without licence of „the owner of the several lands, or of the adit first had and obtained, and composition made with them for the same. 29. TiAingmen SQ. We present and affirm that by ancient toaywnwnonex "ght aud custom tithing men, in the stan- •fficio. nary q{ Blackmore, being sworn officers of the