Fines and Recoveries (Ireland) Act 1834

When a married Woman shall acknowledge a Deed, the Person taking the Acknowledgment to sign a Memorandum to the Effect here Mentioned:

LXXV. And be it further enacted, That when a married Woman shall acknowledge any such Deed as aforesaid, the Judge, Master in Chancery, or Commissioners taking such Acknowledgment shall sign a Memorandum, to be indorsed on or written at the Foot or in the Margin of such Deed ; which Memorandum, subject to any Alteration which may from Time to Time be directed by the Court of Common Pleas, shall be to the following Effect; videlicet,

‘THIS Deed, marked [here add some Letter or other Mark, for the Purpose of Identification], was this Day produced before me [or us], and acknowledged by therein named to be her Act and Deed; previous to which Acknowledgment the said was examined by me [or us separately and apart from her Husband, touching her Knowledge of the Contents of the said Deed, and her Consent thereto, and declared the same to be freely and voluntarily executed by her.’

and also sign a Certificate of the taking of such Acknowledgment, to the Effect here mentioned.

And the same Judge, Master in Chancery, or Commissioner shall also sign a Certificate of the taking of such Acknowledgment, to be written or engrossed on a separate Piece of Parchment; which Certificate, subject to any Alteration which may from Time to Time be directed by the Court of Common Pleas, shall be to the following Effect; videlicet,

‘THESE are to certify, That on the Day of in the Year One thousand eight hundred and before me, the undersigned Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in Dublin, [or before me One of the Justices of the Court of King’s Bench in Dublin, or before me the undersigned One of the Masters in Ordinary of the Court of Chancery, or before us, A.B. and C.D. Two of the perpetual Commissioners appointed for the taking the Acknowledgments of Deeds by married Women, pursuant to an Act. passed in the Year of the Reign of His Majesty King William. the Fourth, intituled An Act [insert the Title of this Act, or before us, the undersigned A.B. and C.D. Two of the Commissioners specially appointed pursuant to an Act passed in the Year of the Reign of His Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act [insert, the Title of this Act], for taking the Acknowledgment of any Deed by the Wife of] appeared personally the Wife of and produced a certain Indenture, marked [here add the Mark], bearing Date the Day of and made between [insert the Names of the Parties], and acknowledged the same to be her Act and Deed ; and I [or we] do hereby certify that the said was at the Time of her acknowledging the said Deed of full Age and competent Understanding, and that she was examined by me [or us] apart from her Husband touching her Knowledge of the Contents of the said Deed, and that she freely and voluntarily consented to the same.’