{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-at-northampton-property-disputes-act-1675/section-VII",
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  "legislation": "aep/Cha2/27/1",
  "legislation_title": "Fire at Northampton, Property Disputes Act 1675",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-at-northampton-property-disputes-act-1675",
  "path": "section/VII",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "VII",
  "heading": "Appeal from an Order made by less than Seven of the Judges.",
  "text": "A Review of the Decree; Costs; Time of determining Appeals.\nAnd bee it alsoe enacted by the authority aforesaid That where any such Order or Decree as aforesaid shall be made by a lesser number of the said Judges Justices of Peace and other the persons abovenamed and authorized then Seaven it shall be lawfull for any person agreived by such Order or Decree to present his Exceptions to the same in Writeing within twenty dayes next after such Order or Decree made to one of the Judges of Assize for the said County of Northampton for the time being or other the Justices of the Courts of Kings Bench or Common Pleas or the Barons of the Coife of the Exchequer for the time being, and if one of them shall subscribe thereunto that hee findes probable cause of complaint then it shall be lawfull to or for any seaven or more of the Judges of Assize Justices of the Peace and other persons abovenamed (that made not the said Order or Decree) sitting at the same time together at the Guildhall or some other place within the said Towne of Northampton, to review the said former Order or Decree, and thereupon to reverse, confirme, inlarge, diminish or otherwise alter any such Order or Decree as in their Judgements they shall thinke fitt, or otherwise to award Costs against such Appeallants for their vexation and delay, and to leavy the same by distresse and sale of his, her or their Goods rendering the overplus if any be. Provided alwayes That such Appeales bee fully finished and determined within the space of six moneths next following after the delivering in of such Exceptions as aforesaid.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/27/1/section/VII",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:27:26.963339+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}