Administration of Justice Act, 1707

No process out of equity till after bill filed and certificate thereof, except for injunctions to quiet possession, stay waste, or suit at law.

XX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no subpœna, or any other process for appearance, do issue out of any court of equity till after the bill is filed with the proper officer in the respective courts of equity, except in cases of bills for injunctions to quiet possessions, to stay wasts, or stay suits at law commenced, and a certificate thereof brought to the proper officer, who usually makes out subpœna’s or other process in the several courts of equity, under the hand of the officer respectively for each respective court, who usually files bills in equity, for which certificate he shall receive no fee.