Where there was a garnishment given touching a plea of land, a
writ of deceit is also maintainable.
Actions of debt will be heard only in the county where the
contract was made. The action of debt includes enforcement of
contracts executed or under seal, e.g. rent due on a lease, hire
of an archer, contract of sale or repair of an item. Thus there is
a growing connection between the actions of debt and contract.
Executors have an action for trespass to their testators' goods
and chattels in like manner as did the testator when alive.
If a man dies intestate, his goods shall be administered by his
next and most lawful friends appointed. Such administrators shall
have the same powers and duties as executors and be accountable as
are executors to the ecclesiastical court.
Children born to English parents in parts beyond the sea may
inherit from their ancestors in the same manner as those born in
the nation.
A person grieved by a false oath in a town court proceeding may
appeal to the King's Bench or Common Pleas, regardless of any town
franchise.
The Court of the King's Bench worked independently of the King. It
was exceptional to find the king sitting on his bench. It became
confined to the established common law.
Decisions of the common law courts are appealable to the House of
Lords. The king's council members who are not peers, in particular
the justices and the Masters of the Chancery, are summoned by the
House of Lords only as mere assistants.
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