Lunacy practice / by N. Arthur Heywood and Arnold S. Massey.

  • Heywood, N. Arthur (Nathaniel Arthur)
Date:
1900
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Lunacy practice / by N. Arthur Heywood and Arnold S. Massey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    Form of Affidavit of Sufficiency of Sureties. In Lunacy. In the matter of John Smith, a person of unsound mind [not so found by in- quisition*'] We, John Johnson, of 1003, High Street, in the county of London, merchant, and Thomas Jones, of 1001, New Inn, in the same county, architect, each of us speaking for our- selves only, severally make oath and say :— (1) And first I, this deponent, John Johnson, for myself, say that I am really and truly worth the sum of tioo hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain over and besides xohat is sufficient to pay and dis- charge all my just debts. (2) And I, this deponent, Thomas Jones, for myself, say that I am really and truly worth the sum of two hundred pounds of lawful money over and besides what is sufficient to pay and discharge all my just debts. Sworn, 8fc. As soon as the bond has been duly executed and attested and affidavits of due execution and solvency have been sworn, the solicitor for the Committee or Receiver (as the case may be) will lodge the documents at Room 214 of the Lunacy Office. Assuming the papers to be in order, a certificate of completion of security will now be prepared by the Lunacy Officials, the engrossment of which is signed by the Master and stamped by the solicitor with a 1/. stamp. The solicitor when stamping and lodging the original bespeaks an office copy, which he can obtain a few days later. * Strike out these words if proceedings were commenced by petition; and if the case is one under sub-section (d), alter the formal heading accordingly.