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Limitation of actions.
Notice.
Tender of amends.
Double costs.
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155. No action shall be commenced against any person or persons for any thing done in pursuance of this Act after six calendar months next after the fact committed, nor unless notice in writing shall have been given to the defendant or defendants, twenty-one days before such action shall be commenced, of such intended action, signed by the attorney for the plaintiff or plaintiffs, specifying the cause of such action; nor shall the plaintiff or plaintiffs recover in such action if tender of sufficient amends hath been made to him, her, or them, or to his, her, or their attorney, by or on behalf of the defendant or defendants, before such action brought; . . . and if any such action shall be brought before twenty-one days notice shall have been given thereof as aforesaid, or after a sufficient satisfaction made or tendered as aforesaid, or after the time limited for bringing the same, . . . then and in such case the jury shall find a verdict for the defendant or defendants; and upon such verdict, or if the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall be nonsuited, or discontinue his, her, or their action or actions after the defendant or defendants shall have applied, or if . . . judgment shall be given for the plaintiff, then and in that case the defendant shall recover double costs, and shall have the like remedy for the recovery thereof as any defendant or defendants hath or have for costs of suit in other cases by law.
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