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In default of Answer to Bill in Equity against Persons having Privilege of Parliament, Bill shall be taken pro Confesso.
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X. ‘And whereas in many Cases it is necessary, on the Part of the Persons having legal Rights against Persons having Privilege of Parliament, to proceed by Bill in Equity against such Persons so having Privilege of Parliament, to obtain from them Discovery on Oath of Facts intended to be used or given in Evidence in Courts of Law against the Persons making such Discovery; and in Cases where such Persons having such Privilege as aforesaid shall stand out Process of Contempt, Parties entitled to such Discovery against them have not sufficient Means of compelling or obtaining the same in all Cases;’ be it therefore enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, when any Defendant having Privilege of Parliament shall have appeared to any Bill filed against him seeking a Discovery upon Oath, or when an Appearance shall have been entered for such Defendant according to the Provisions aforesaid, and such Person shall refuse or neglect to put in his Answer to such Bill within the Time for that Purpose allowed by the Rules and Orders of such Court, that then it shall and may be lawful for the Plaintiff in such Suit to apply to the Court for an Order that such Bill shall be taken pro Confesso against such Defendant, and upon such Application such Court of Equity shall make an Order that such Bill shall be taken pro Confesso, unless the Defendant shall within Eight Days after being served with such Order show good Cause to the contrary.
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