{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/southwark-fire-property-disputes-act-1677/section-XVII",
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  "legislation": "aep/Cha2/29/4",
  "legislation_title": "Southwark Fire, Property Disputes Act 1677",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/southwark-fire-property-disputes-act-1677",
  "path": "section/XVII",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "XVII",
  "heading": "Damages at Law for Nonperformance of Decree, or a Bill in Equity for specific Performance.",
  "text": "Annoyances may be indicted.\nAnd bee it further enacted That where any person or persons Bodyes Politique or Corporate shall be ordered or decreed to build any House or other Edifice seale any Lease or give Security or to doe any other matter or thing soe to be decreed or ordered in pursuance of this Act it shall be lawfull to and for every person and persons Bodyes Politicke and Corporate concerned in the default thereof by his Action upon his Case in any of his Majestyes Courts of Record at Westminster to recover his dammage for Non-performance thereof or at his Election to have and maintaine his Bill in Equity for the performance thereof in specie and where any person or persons shall be ordered or adjudged to abate any annoyance or purpresture and shall refuse or neglect to doe the same by such day or time as by the said Order or Decree shall be enjoyned the said person or persons soe offending shall and may be indicted for such his Obstinacy and Contempt.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/29/4/section/XVII",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:27:24.117591+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."
}