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Limitation of actions, &c.
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18. And . . . if any action or suit shall be brought or commenced against any person or persons for anything done in pursuance of this Act, . every such action or suit shall be commenced within three months next after the fact committed, and not afterwards, and shall be laid and brought in the county wherein the cause or alleged cause of action shall have accrued, and not elsewhere; and the defendant or defendants in such action or suit may plead the general issue, and give this Act and the special matter in evidence, on any trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance and by authority of this Act; and if it shall appear so to be done or if any such action or suit shall be brought after the time so limited for bringing the same, or shall be brought in any other county, city, or place, that then and in such case the jury shall find for such defendant or defendants; and upon such verdict, or if the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall become nonsuited, or discontinue, his, her, or their action or actions, or if a verdict shall pass against the plaintiff or plaintiffs, or if upon demurrer judgement shall be given against the plaintiff or plaintiffs, the defendant or defendants shall have and may recover treble costs, and have the like remedy for the same as any defendant or defendants hath or have for costs of suit in other cases by law. [Rep. 5 & 6 Vict. c. 97. s. 2]
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