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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 854. 1901. 1381 CHAPTER THIETY-EIGHT. J UDGMENTS AND DECREES. crgggizmeuw wd ·i·~— Sec. 1212. LIMITATIONS—EVBTy iinal judgment at common law and I·i¤¤imi<>¤¤- every final decree in eq)uity for the payment of money rendered in the supreme court of the istrict, and every judgment of a justice of the peace certified to and docketed in the clerk’s office of the said su reme court, as herein elsewhere directed, shall be ood and enforceabile, by an execution issued thereon, for the period 0% twelve years only from the date when an execution might first be issued thereon, or from the date of the last revival thereof under scire facias, except as provided in the next section; but the time during which the judgment creditor is stayed by agreement, or injunction, or other order, or by the operation of an appeal from enforcing the judgment is not to be computed as art of said period of twelve years. ° Sino. 1213. ’EXPIR.ATION or JUDGMENT on 1>EoaEE.—At the expiration mggggggzgegf weof said period of twelve years the said judgment or decree shall cease ' to have any operation or eHect, and no action shall be brouglht on the same nor any scire facias or execution issued on the same thereafter; but this (provision shall in no wise affect any proceeding that may be _ then pen ing for the -enforcement of the said judgment or decree. Sec. 1214;. LIEN or JUDGMENT on 1>EonEE.—Every Hnal judgment orfgggmgf i¤¤g¤¤¤¤* at common law and every unconditional final decree in equity for the · ' payment of money from the date when the same shall be rendered, every judgment of a justice of the peace when docketed in the clerk’s office of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, and every recognizance taken by said supreme court, or a justice thereof, from the time when it shall be declared forfeited, shall be a lien on all the freehold and leasehold estates, legal and equitable, of the defendants bound by such judgment, decree, or recognizance, in any lands, tenements, or hereditaments in the District, whether such estates be in possession or be reversions or remainders, vested or contingent. And —f¤rf¤i¤e$1_ recogniany recognizance taken in the olice court, after being forfeited, may ”°°°' P0 l°° °°`”` be transmitted to the clerk’s office of said supreme court and therein docketed in the same manner as the judgment of a justice of the peace as aforesaid, and thereu on shall have the same effect as if taken in the _ said su reme court; and) said lien shall continue as long as such judg— +f1i¤¤· ment, diecree, or recognizance shall be in force or until the same shall ` be satisfied or discharged. s · ’ ’ SEc. 1215. Scum EAcrAs.——If during the period of twelve years from Scire facias. the rendition of the judgment or decree, or from judgment upon a scire facias thereon, the creditor shall cause a scire facias to be issued upon the judgment or decree andga fiat shall be issued thereupon, the effect of such fiat shall be to extend the effect and operation of said judgment or decree with the lien thereby created and all the remedies for the enforcement of the same for the period of twelve years from the date of such fiat. ° Sec. 1216. LIEN OF MORTGAGE.—·Wh81‘B real property is sold and Li¤¤°fm°**8¤8¤- -conveyed and, at the same time, a mortgage or deed of trust thereupon is given by the purchaser to secure the payment of the whole or any part of the purc ase money, the lien of the said mortgage or deed of trust on the property shall be superior to that of a previous judgment or decree against the purchaser. ,_ - ‘ SEo. 1217. DooKET.—-The clerk of said supreme court shall kee D¤¤k¢¤~ and maintain a docket, to be known as the judgment docket, in which shall be entered the titling of every cause and proceeding in which any judgment or decree may be entered or any recognizance taken, as aforesaid, including recognizances transmitted from the police court,