Western Australian Consolidated Acts

JUDGMENTS ACT 1855 (IMP) - PREAMBLE

Preamble

Whereas an Act of Parliament was passed in the session of the first and second years of Her Majesty, intituled ‘ An Act for abolishing Arrest on Mesne Process in Civil Actions, except in certain Cases, for extending the Remedies of Creditors against the Property of Debtors, and for amending the Laws for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England ’ ⁴ ;

and another Act in the session of the second and third years of Her Majesty, intituled ‘ An Act for the better Protection of Purchasers against Judgments, Crown Debts, Lis Pendens, and Fiats in Bankruptcy ’ ⁵ ;

and another Act in the session of the third and fourth years of Her Majesty, intituled ‘ An Act for further amending the Act for abolishing Arrest on Mesne Process in Civil Actions ’ ⁶ :

And whereas the provisions of the said Acts respecting judgments, decrees, orders, and rules, and lis pendens , ought to include and be applicable to the Counties Palatine of Lancaster and Durham, and the common law and equity courts thereof respectively:

And whereas an Act was passed in the session of the thirteenth and fourteenth years of Her Majesty, intituled ‘ An Act to amend the Practice and Proceedings of the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster ,’ ⁷ by force whereof the said provisions do to some extent include and are applicable to the County Palatine of Lancaster, as far as regards the Courts of Chancery thereof:

Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

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