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Defendant may confess the Action.
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CCXXIII. A sole Defendant or all the Defendants in Ejectment shall be at liberty to confess the Action as to the whole or Part of the Property, by giving to such Plaintiff a Consent for Judgment, headed in the Court and Cause, signed by the Defendant or Defendants, such Signature to be attested by his or their Attorney; and thereupon the Plaintiff may forthwith sign Judgment and issue Execution for the Recovery of Possession and Costs in the Form No. 22. contained in the Schedule B. to this Act annexed, or to the like Effect; and in case One of several Defendants in Ejectment, who defends separately for a Portion of the Property for which the other Defendant or Defendants do not defend, shall be desirous of confessing the Plaintiff’s Title to such Portion, he may give a like Consent for Judgment to the Plaintiff; and thereupon the Plaintiff may forthwith sign Judgment and issue Execution for the Recovery of Possession of such Portion of the Property, and for the Costs occasioned by the Defence relating to the same, and the Action may proceed as to the Residue.
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