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</FIGURE>AN ORDINANCE For Adjourning part of EASTER TERM. 1654.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas many abu&s;es and corruptions are crept into the or|dinary cour&s;e and admini&s;tration of Iu&s;tice, both in Law and Equity, the Reformation whereof hath not yet been attained; Out of a tender care and de&s;ire that &s;o nece&s;&s;ary and good a work may at length be brought to effect, It is held convenient and nece&s;&s;ary to Adjourn part of the next Term of <HI>Ea&s;ter;</HI> Be it therefore Ordained by His High|ne&s;s the Lord Protector, by and with the con&s;ent of His Council, That part of the &s;aid Term of <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> now next coming be Adjourned, That is to &s;ay, from and after the fir&s;t Return called <HI>Quindena Pa&s;chae,</HI> unto the fir&s;t Return of Trinity Term called <HI>Cra&s;tino Trinitatis;</HI> And all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons, which have cau&s;e, or commandment to appear in any of the Courts at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> in or at any day, or time, from and after the &s;aid Return, called <HI>Quindena Pa&s;chae,</HI> and during the &s;aid Term, called <HI>Ea&s;ter Term,</HI> may tarry at their dwellings, or where their bu&s;ine&s;s &s;hall ly, without re&s;orting to any of the &s;aid Courts for that Cau&s;e, and without danger or forfeiture, penalty or contempt to be in that behalf. And be it al|&s;o Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, That Writs of Adjournment &s;hall be direc|ted to the Iu&s;tices of the &s;aid Courts, giving them au<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">hority to Adjourn the &s;aid Term of <HI>Ea&s;ter,</HI> as afore&s;aid, that is to &s;ay, from and after the fir&s;t Return, cal|led <HI>Quindena Pa&s;chae,</HI> until the fir&s;t Return of <HI>Trinity Term,</HI> called <HI>Cra&s;tino Trinitatis,</HI> as before is &s;aid, and the &s;aid Adjournment &s;hall be made, as afore&s;aid. And be it fur|ther Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all Matters, Cau&s;es and Sutes, Depending in any of the &s;aid Courts, &s;hall have continuance, and the parties &s;hall have day, from the day of the &s;aid Adjournment, until the &s;aid Return of <HI>Cra&s;tino Trinitatis,</HI> as is afore&s;aid; And the Lords Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Great Seal are required to i&s;&s;ue forth Writs accordingly. And be it further Ordained by the Autho|rity afore&s;aid, That the Sheriffs of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> and all other She|riffs both in <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> do forthwith proclaim and publi&s;h this Ordinance in the Chief Market Towns within their &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Thur&s;day April 6. 1654.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by his Highne&s;s the Lord Protector, and his Council, That this Ordinance be forth|with printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Henry Scobell</HI> Clerk of the Council.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>Henry Hills,</HI> and <HI>William du-Gard,</HI> Printers to His Highne&s;s the Lord Prote|ctor, MDCLIV.</P>
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