Common Law Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland) 1853

Payment of Money into Court.

LXXV. Any Defendant, in any Personal Action whatsoever, except Actions for Assault and Battery, false Imprisonment, Libel, Slander, malicious Arrest or Prosecution, Criminal Conversation, or debauching the Plaintiff’s Daughter or Servant, and in any Proceeding by Scire facias or Writ of Revivor to have Execution of any Judgment, may pay into Court a Sum of Money by way of Compensation or Amends, or in discharge of the Plaintiff’s Demand, or upon any Defence of Tender; and such Payment shall be made by lodging the Money in the Bank of Ireland on behalf of the Defendant who shall make such Lodgment, with the Privity of the Master of the Court, and to the Credit of the Cause; and such Master, on the Certificate of such Lodgment being delivered to him, shall give a Receipt for the Amount in the Margin of the Defence.