# Bristol Roads and Avon and Frome Navigation Act 1698, Section XVIII: In Actions for executing Act,


General Issue may be pleaded; Treble Costs.
And for preventing Vexatious and Troublesome Prosecutions in or by Reason of the Execution of this Act Be it further enacted That if any Action Suit Plaint or Information shall at any Time hereafter be commenced or prosecuted against any Person or Persons for what he or they shall doe in pursuance or in Execution of this Act such Person or Persons soe sued in any Court whatsoever shall and may plead the Generall Issue and upon Issue joyned may give this Act and the Speciall Matters in Evidence as the Case shall require And if the Plaintiffe or Prosecutor shall become Nonsuite or suffer Discontinuance or if a Verdict passe against him or her the Defendant and Defendants shall recover their Treble Costs for which they shall have the like Remedy as in any Case wherein Costs by Law are given to Defendants.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/11/23/section/XVIII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bristol-roads-and-avon-and-frome-navigation-act-1698/section-XVIII
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