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A Devise in a will for Paymt of a debt was consid by the Chancel as equal to a promise.

It was nec to state the exist of the Mayor’s Cot & their power to grant redress, in order to shew that in Equity as well as in Law & in fact, 6 years had elapsed. As to the intermediate acts of the Calc Committee, they are not stated to have been authord nor were they promises to