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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bills-of-exchange-act-1882/schedule-FIRST",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/45-46/61",
  "legislation_title": "Bills of Exchange Act 1882",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bills-of-exchange-act-1882",
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  "number": "FIRST",
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  "text": "Form of protest which may be used when the services of a notary cannot be obtained.\nKnow all men that I, A.B. [householder], of in the county of in the United Kingdom, at the request of C.D., there being no notary public available, did on the day of 188 at demand payment [or acceptance] of the bill of exchange hereunder written, from E.F., to which demand he made answer [state answer, if any] wherefore I now, in the presence of G.H. and J.K. do protest the said bill of exchange.\n(Signed) A.B.\nG.H. Witnesses.\nJ.K.\nN.B.—The bill itself should be annexed, or a copy of the bill and all that is written thereon should be underwritten.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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