# Highways, etc. Act 1691, Section XXIV: Persons prosecuted for executing this Act may plead the General Issue, and have double Costs.


And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid That if any Action or Suit shall be hereafter co[m]menced or p[ro]secuted against any person or persons by this Act authorized to put the same in execuc[i]on every person or persons so sued may plead the General Issue and give this Act and the Special Matter in Evidence And if the Plaintiff shall become nonsuit or forbear further Prosecution or suffer discontinuance or if a Verdict passe against him or her the said Deft and Defts shall recover his and their double Costs for which he and they shall have the like Remedy as in cases where Costs by Law are given to Defts

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/WillandMar/3/12/section/XXIV (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/highways-etc-act-1691/section-XXIV
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