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<DIV1 TYPE="Parliamentary ordinance">
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<HEAD>AN ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, For prevention of the Adiournment of the Courts of Iu&s;tice, without Con&s;ent of both Hou&s;es of Parliament.</HEAD>
<P>_THe Lords and Commons taking into their &s;erious con&s;ideration the great inconveni|ence that hath come to his Maje&s;ties Subjects by the late frequent adjournment of the Courts of Iu&s;tice, and by Spies re&s;orting to the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin|&s;ter</HI> under pretence thereof; for the prevention of the &s;ame for the future, doe hereby Order and Ordaine, That in ca&s;e any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall at any time hereafter de|liver, or cau&s;e to be delivered to any of the Iudges of any of His Maje&s;ties Courts to be held in <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or to any of their Clerkes or Servants, or to any Officers of a|ny the &s;aid re&s;pective Courts, or any others, to be delivered to any the &s;aid Iudges, a|ny Writ, Proclamation, or other Thing what&s;oever, &s;ealed with any great Seale, other then the great Seale of <HI>England</HI> now attending the Parliament by Ordinance of both Hou&s;es, all and every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;hall be proceeded again&s;t by Law-Martiall as Spies; and the Lord Generall is hereby de&s;i|red forthwith to proceed again&s;t every &s;uch per&s;on accordingly. And it is further Ordered and Ordained, That none of the &s;aid Iudges, nor their Clerkes, Servants, or any Officer or Officers of the re&s;pective Courts afore&s;aid, &s;hall pre&s;ume to Receive, View, or any wayes meddle with any Writ or Proclamation &s;ealed with any great Seale, without fir&s;t acquainting the Speakers of the two Hou&s;es therewith, and receiving and pur&s;uing the directions to be given thereupon from both Hou&s;es of Parliament, upon pain of Impri&s;onment of their per&s;ons, Seque&s;tration of their E&s;tates, and &s;uch further puni&s;hment as &s;hall be thought meet by both Hou&s;es of Parliament, And that no Iudge, Officer, or other per&s;on what&s;oever, pre&s;ume to carry, or cau&s;e to be carried, any Records, Writings, or other Memorialls from any the Courts at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or other places in or about the Cities of <HI>London</HI> or <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> unto the City of <HI>Oxford,</HI> or other place where the Kings forces are, under paine of incurring &s;uch, or the like Penalties as afore&s;aid.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Martis 30. April&punc; 1644.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>IT is this day Ordered by the Lords in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, That this Ordinance &s;hall be reprinted and &s;et up upon Po&s;ts in <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI>-Hall and other publique places in and about the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Io. Browne Cler. Parliament.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>Imprinted at <HI>London</HI> for <HI>Iohn Wright,</HI> and are to be &s;old at his Shop in the Old Baylie, 1644.</P>
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