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Remedies for Recovery of Rent in arrear.
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L. That in case any Rent reserved upon any Grant or Demise of Land as or for a Glebe shall be in arrear and unpaid, it shall be lawful for the Person or Body Politic entitled thereto to recover the same from the Ecclesiastical Person so in arrear, or his Representatives, by Distress on the said Lands, or by Action of Debt or on the Case in any competent Court of Record in Ireland; and in case One Year’s Rent of any such Lands shall be in arrear and unpaid for the Space of Twenty-one Days, it shall be lawful for the Ordinary of the Diocese, upon the Request of the Person or Persons to whom such Rent is due, to summon the Ecclesiastical Person so in arrear before him, and if such Ecclesiastical Person shall not satisfy the said Ordinary that the said Rent has been paid, by Oath or otherwise (which Oath the said Ordinary is hereby authorized to administer), the Ordinary of the Diocese shall forthwith sequester a competent Portion of the Profits of such Benefice, Chapelry, or Curacy, until the said Arrear of Rent, and all Costs and Charges attending such Sequestration, to be ascertained by the said Ordinary, shall be fully discharged, and if such Arrear of Rent, or any Part thereof, or the said Costs and Charges attending such Sequestration, shall remain unpaid, notwithstanding such Sequestration, at the Death or Avoidance of such Incumbent, Chaplain, or Curate, the same, not exceeding, however, One and a Half Year’s Rent, shall be paid by the Successor of such Ecclesiastical Person, and if he shall neglect and refuse to pay the same or any Part thereof for the Space of One Calendar Month after his Admission into such Benefice, Chapelry, or Curacy, the Ordinary of the Diocese shall, upon Complaint thereof, and, if he shall deem it necessary, upon Proof thereof on Oath as aforesaid, grant a new Sequestration till the same be paid off; and such Successor, having paid such Arrear of Rent and Costs as aforesaid, shall and may recover the same from his Predecessor or his personal Representative by an Action of Debt or on the Case in any Court of Record of competent Jurisdiction in Ireland.
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