Common Law Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland) 1853

Ascertainment of Rent.

CCVI. In Ejectment for Nonpayment of Rent, where Judgment shall have gone by Default, or the Defendant shall not appear at the Trial, it shall be sufficient for the Purpose of ascertaining the Amount of the Rent due, and to satisfy the Provisions of the Statutes with respect to the ascertaining the Rent, that an Affidavit of the Plaintiffs, or One of them, or their or his Agent, to the Effect that an Amount of Rent not less than One Year’s Rent, and specifying the same, was due at the Time of the Commencement of the Action, after all just Allowances shall have been made.