# Bedford Level Act 1663, Section XVIII: Directions for their Decrees and Proceedings in respect of Monies laid out by Parties in Draining, &c.


And to the end that the said Judicature may be the better enabled to judge of the Rights and Pretensions of either Party Bee it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That in every Decree or Determination which they shall make by virtue and in pursuance of this Act they shall have regard to the Su[m]me and Sumes of Money actually disbursed and expended by either Party in the Works of dreyning the said Great Levell, and in the Preservation and Repairation of the same and alsoe to the respective Times of such Disbursements and Expence defalking thereout such Su[m]me and Su[m]mes of Money as have beene received by either Party their Tennants or Assignes for the Rents Issues and Profitts of the same and abating out of the Interest of the Money disbursed by either Party soe much as the Interest of the Money received by such Party for the Rents Issues and Profitts of the same doth amount unto.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/15/17/section/XVIII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bedford-level-act-1663/section-XVIII
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