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No sheriff shall be attached for any contempt or neglect on his account, but by writ under seal of Exchequer, or warrant of a baron specifying his name and offence.
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IV. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no sheriff or sub-sheriff shall be attached or taken into custody by any officer of the court of Exchequer, or other person whatsoever, for not being apposed on any writ or process for not finishing his accounts in due time, or for any contempt or neglect whatsoever relating to his account, but by writ under the seal of the said court of Exchequer, or by warrant for that purpose to be signed by the lord chief baron of the said court for the time being, or in his absence by either of the other barons, to be executed by the pursivant of the said court, or his deputy; in which warrant the name of such sheriff or sub sheriff shall be particularly inserted, and his offence particularly specified and expressed.
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