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Such Bill shall be read in Evidence as an Answer admitting the Facts.
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XI. And be it further enacted, That when and so soon as any such Order shall have been pronounced by any such Court of Equity for taking such Bill pro Confesso, such Bill in Equity, or an examined Copy thereof, so taken pro Confesso, shall be taken and read in any Court of Law or Equity as Evidence of the Facts and Matters and Things therein contained, in the same Manner as if such Facts, Matters, and Things had been admitted to be true by the Answer of the Defendant put in to such Bill; and such Bill so taken pro Confesso shall be received and taken in Evidence of such and the same Facts, and on behalf of such and so many Persons, as the Answer of the Defendant to the said Bill could and might have been read and received in Evidence of in case such Answer had been put in by the Defendant thereto, and had admitted the same Facts, Matters, and Circumstances as in such Bill stated and set forth; and in like Manner every other Bill of Discovery taken pro Confesso, under any of the Provisions of this Act, shall or may be taken and read as Evidence of the Facts and Matters and Things therein contained, to the Extent aforesaid.
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