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that is, at any time before, but not one day
after the 15th April 1767, in the following
words, verbatim, viz.
" Then came A. B. and made oath, &c. that the
" above account is just and true as it stands
" stated, and that he hath not, directly or indirectly
" (to his knowledge) received any part or
" parcel thereof, or any security or satisfaction for
" the same, more than credit given."
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Probate to an
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To which deposition, a receipt as above directed
being obtained, and subjoined to the account,
it will be a proper and legal voucher.
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If several years dealings are contained in such
account, then one probate is required as above
for the first year's dealings, and another probate
for the second year; which probate must
as before include the first article becoming due
of that second year, and be proved any time
within twelve months from that date; a third
probate must appear for the third year, in the
same manner, and so on, for every succeeding
year's dealings, a probate for every year, until
all and every article of the account appear to
have been proved within a twelvemonth from
the time they became due; these several probates
being only transcripts from the books of
the creditors, (who do, or ought to prove
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