A

PRACTICAL TREATISE

ON

SHERIFF LAW;

CONTAINING

The New Writs

UNDER THE

NEW IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT BILL:

ALSO,

INTERPLEADER ACT, REFORM ACT, CORONER'S ACT, &c.

WITH

RETURNS, BILLS OF SALE, BONDS OF INDEMNITY,

LONDON:

C. ROWORTH AND SONS, PRINTERS, BELL YARD,

TEMPLE BAR.

ΤΟ

SIR GEORGE MUSGRAVE, BART.

EDENHALL, CUMBERLAND,

This Work

IS INSCRIBED

BY

HIS OBLIGED FRIEND.

ORDER OF ARRANGEMENT.

CHAP. I. APPOINTMENT, &C. OF, pages 1-65

1. High Sheriff

2. Under-sheriff
3. Bailiffs

4. Deputies, &c.

II. JUDICIAL DUTIES, 65-217

1. Tourn

2. County Court

3. Election of Coroner

4. Election of Knights of the Shire, &c.

III. MINISTERIAL DUTIES (JURIES, &c.) IN COURTS OF, 217-252

1. Assize

2. Sessions

IV. EXECUTION OF WRITS, 252-358

1. Dower

2. Quare impedit

3. Ejectment

4. Accedas ad curiam

5. Habeas corpus

6. De lunatico inquirendo

7. Ne exeat regno

8. Capias

9. Ca. sa. 10. Fi. fa.

11. Elegit

12. Extent

V. ACTIONS AGAINST HIGH SHERIFF, 358-418

VI. ACTIONS BY HIGH SHERIFF, 418-424

VII. CONSERVATOR PACIS, 424-425

VIII. ACCOUNTS, 425-437