# Roads (Norfolk) Act 1695, Section IX: Action to be laid in Norfolk.


General Issue; On Action in another County, Jury to find for Defendant; Double Costs.
And bee itt further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Suite shall bee commenced against any person for any thing done in pursuance of this present Act that in every such Case the Action shall bee laid in the said County of Norfolke and not elsewhere and the Defendant in such Action to bee brought may plead the Generall Issue and give this Act and the Speciall Matter in Evidence att any Tryall to bee had thereupon and that the same was done in pursueance and by the Authority of the said Act and if itt shall soe appeare to bee done or that such Action shall bee brought in any other County that then the Jury shall find for the Defendant and upon such Verdict and if the Plaintiffe shall bee Nonsuited or discontinue his Action after the Defendant shall have appeared or if upon Demurrer Judgment shall bee given against the Plaintiffe the said Defendant shall have and recover double his Costs and have the like Remedy for the same as any Defendant hath in other Cases by Law.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/7-8/26/section/IX (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/roads-norfolk-act-1695/section-IX
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