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[001] record nor raise a presumption by himself. It may be lawful ab initio yet insufficient
[002] ex post facto, proof having failed, when the summoners, under examination, do not
[003] agree in their proof, nor will it be necessary to deny such summons by wager of law
[004] since it is, so to speak, void. A summons is completely faulty that is made fraudulently
[005] by the demandant's deceit by means of feigned summoners, not by the sheriff
[006] and his bailiffs. And so when it is made in the tenant's absence, when he has gone
[007] on a journey overseas or to remote parts, [when he is on the journey and has begun
[008] it, so that the citation or summons does not catch him at home,] or1 is not found
[009] by the summoners within the county where the summons is required to be made,
[010] for the summons does not bind him if he is found outside the county, because he is
[011] not bound to receive it everywhere nor from everyone, but only from bailiffs and
[012] when they have a warrant for summoning. A summons may also be lawful but the
[013] day or interval unlawful, if it does not provide a lawful time, [that is], if it is challenged,
[014] otherwise not, as below.



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