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General issue may be pleaded, &c
double costs on nonsuit, &c.
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XXI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall at any time be sued or prosecuted for any thing by him or them done or executed in pursuance of this act, he or they shall or may plead the general issue, and give this act and the special matter in evidence for his defence; and if upon a trial verdict shall pass for the defendant or defendants, or judgment shall be given against the plaintiff or plaintiffs upon demurrer, or the plaintiff or plaintiffs be nonsuit, discontinue, or forbear prosecuting their said actions, then such defendant or defendants shall have double costs to him of them awarded against such plaintiff or plaintiffs; for which costs he shall have such remedy as in other cases, where costs are by law given to defendants.
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